Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94% 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	19 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 21 '20 at 21:18
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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)	76.6% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 85.3 2-Core 171 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 516 53% 430 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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 (86^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 118 Parallax 120 97% 119 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 104 Splatting 89 89% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94% 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% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 141 142 141 126 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,071 Write 574 Mixed 496 SusWrite 142 126% 571 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 63.9 211% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 409 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 310 240% 332 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 165%
KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 223GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 320 289 288 287 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 414 Mixed 364 SusWrite 288 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 44.9 149% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 102 110% 186 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 94%
KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 221GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 319 283 285 287 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 387 Mixed 364 SusWrite 286 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 44.8 148% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 78.1 108% 198 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 94%
Asrock RAM Disk 3GB 1GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 3,946 Write 3,632 Mixed 3,556 828% 3,711 MB/s	4K Read 212 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 198 674% 199 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 329 257% 350 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 659GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 149 150 150 149 151 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 140 Write 77.5 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 148 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.9% 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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