Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	133% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '20 at 18:02
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.75 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 85.5 2-Core 170 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 489 49% 398 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3595 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 120 Parallax 122 97% 121 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 105 Splatting 89.5 90% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$39 1,967 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 141 142 142 141 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,081 Write 567 Mixed 545 SusWrite 149 129% 585 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 59.5 207% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 280 233% 335 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 165%
KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 154GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 324 290 289 289 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 386 Mixed 315 SusWrite 286 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 47.5 153% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 103 120% 207 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%
KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 198GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 325 289 288 287 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 389 Mixed 260 SusWrite 285 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 47.7 158% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 102 120% 207 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 94%
Asrock RAM Disk 3GB 1GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 4,285 Write 3,866 Mixed 3,731 883% 3,961 MB/s	4K Read 269 4K Write 233 4K Mixed 248 849% 250 MB/s	DQ Read 647 DQ Write 557 DQ Mixed 605 452% 603 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 652GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 73 94 161 163 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 183 Write 54.4 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 105 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 19.4 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 55%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970A-G/3.1

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	112x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	80x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	4x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 27%, 2,515 samples	34x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 9,944 samples	20x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16