Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.1% 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	27.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '21 at 08:31
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 74.3 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 142 58% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 455 41% 344 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% MSI(1462 277C) 3GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 39.7 Parallax 67.7 39% 51.9 fps	MRender 35.1 Gravity 48.6 Splatting 27.8 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 144 143 77 93 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.8% Poor	Read 146 Write 96.5 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 124 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 10.6 46% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 11 DQ Write 15.9 DQ Mixed 12.9 10% 13.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 102%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 236 244 236 242 237 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 249 Write 244 Mixed 106 SusWrite 239 153% 209 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 367% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 136%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 191GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 144 143 77 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 65.4 Write 102 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 124 58% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 378% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 112%
Dell Portable 1TB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 382GB free, PID 9009 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 48 49 49 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 95.4 Write 55.7 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 48.5 78% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL10-8GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.7% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 5.1 17% 5.93 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 6.1 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 39%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical 970M Pro3 Builds (Compare 845 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	229x
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 $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16