Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.1% 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	116% 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

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Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	16.8 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	Feb 19 '21 at 16:36
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.8 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 84.8 2-Core 158 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 514 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3545 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 110 Parallax 112 94% 112 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 104 Splatting 95.5 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.1% 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% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 005C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 139 141 143 146 108 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 1,112 Write 456 Mixed 554 SusWrite 144 124% 567 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 49.6 170% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 407 DQ Write 61.1 DQ Mixed 262 184% 243 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 165%
Asrock RAM Disk 7GB 3GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 4,406 Write 3,872 Mixed 3,807 898% 4,028 MB/s	4K Read 269 4K Write 236 4K Mixed 249 852% 251 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 589 DQ Mixed 639 478% 636 MB/s

KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 70GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 356 289 292 291 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 407 Mixed 373 SusWrite 294 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 47.3 158% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 103 121% 209 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 94%
KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 223GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 358 285 286 287 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 406 Mixed 366 SusWrite 291 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 47.2 154% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 103 120% 209 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 745GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 159 162 163 162 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 77.5 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 158 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1866 CL10 Series 24GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 21.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 13.9 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 58%

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Gaming 20%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	18x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16