Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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	81.3% 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	173% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Performance (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 23:29
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 95.7 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 149 67% 108 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 464 46% 373 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 113 Parallax 97.6 82% 104 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 95 Splatting 102 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,406 Write 962 Mixed 1,065 254% 1,145 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 39.1 166% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 78.6 87% 150 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171831864 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 204 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 268530 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 748 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 199 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 67 403963928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2532 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 60129542168 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -56474524974595 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3535885190 (F2) Unknown 100 253 685224053	87.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 151 Mixed 83.3 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.16 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109641376 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3512 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3969349 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9536 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2656 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 66 387186711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36759 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 55834574871 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -78842714648102 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5558532526 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11543604804	82.6% Excellent	Read 147 Write 141 Mixed 26.5 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 113%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 637GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 171537403 (03) Spinup time 91 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8672 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 57 56 1361667237673 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 78 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7170 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 72 236226936917 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 437649434 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 55834574874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 12 171537403 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 157 521	51.7% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 86.6 Mixed 78.8 65% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.35 91% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 292GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 1768 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6595 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 12912831965 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5651 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 8590065746 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 55 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2860 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7153 (C2) HDA temperature 25 45 64424509465 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 13 3 1768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 1391569424826 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3109769893 (F2) Unknown 100 253 730508720	45.6% Average	Read 80.8 Write 76.5 Mixed 70.1 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 6.09 4K Mixed 0.65 201% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 75%
WD WD1500HLHX-01JJPV0 150GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 76GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 191 190 1416 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5044 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3563 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3841 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 166 14304 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.2% Very good	Read 148 Write 121 Mixed 120 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 3.07 4K Mixed 0.73 174% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 81%
WD WD1500HLHX-01JJPV0 150GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 76GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 190 1408 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4665 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3646 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3415 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 112552 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.8% Very good	Read 146 Write 125 Mixed 125 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 3.08 4K Mixed 0.62 170% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 21 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 15 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 88%

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Workstation 14%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Performance

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	20x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	15x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	11x

GPU
R7 370AMD $153Bench 21%, 39,178 samples	3x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
Savage 240GBHyperX $120Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GBUnknownBench 39%, 75 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $311

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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