Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '21 at 00:28
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 74.6 1-Core 49.2 2-Core 99.1 47% 74.3 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 195 26% 196 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3766) 2GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 1972 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 34.9 Reflection 37.8 Parallax 36.1 28% 36.3 fps	MRender 42.9 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 25.9 28% 35.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 295 301 307 289 273 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 303 Write 352 Mixed 265 SusWrite 284 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 31.4 104% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 85.9 DQ Mixed 41.9 37% 52.8 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 113%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 97GB free Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 128 114 139 139 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 288 Write 138 Mixed 180 SusWrite 129 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 6.1 63% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 87.4 91% 152 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 309GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 173 175 176 175 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 167 Mixed 82 SusWrite 172 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.1% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 11.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.5 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 31%

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Typical 970M Pro3 Builds (Compare 843 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	228x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	92x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	51x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 6,864 samples	35x
NMUD380D81-1600C 1x8GBUnknownBench 28%, 485 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x

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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