Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 59% 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.4% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 22 '21 at 19:01
Run Duration	186 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)	77.1% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 85.1 2-Core 170 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 512 53% 425 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.1% 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	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 110 Parallax 113 94% 113 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 105 Splatting 97 90% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.4% 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: 191 141 142 142 142 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 1,115 Write 560 Mixed 467 SusWrite 150 126% 573 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 37.5 132% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 166 158% 244 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 165%
Asrock RAM Disk 7GB 3GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 4,302 Write 3,829 Mixed 3,768 884% 3,967 MB/s	4K Read 270 4K Write 234 4K Mixed 245 847% 250 MB/s	DQ Read 678 DQ Write 584 DQ Mixed 630 472% 631 MB/s

KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 70GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 357 293 292 291 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 409 Mixed 365 SusWrite 295 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 47.2 157% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 103 120% 209 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 94%
KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 223GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 358 291 290 290 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 414 Mixed 368 SusWrite 294 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 47.3 157% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 103 121% 209 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 745GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 169 171 171 171 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 158 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 166 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 20.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.7% 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 $293	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