Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '17 at 12:42
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 23.6 2-Core 98.2 43% 67.2 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 345 39% 305 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% XFX(1682 9385) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 31.7 Reflection 39.3 Parallax 60.7 26% 43.9 fps	MRender 51.7 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 38.1 37% 45.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 89 (03) Spinup time 146 146 34383462890 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3281 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1552 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3294 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3294 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 214749347874 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	83.2% Excellent	Read 152 Write 137 Mixed 118 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.47 129% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 59 (03) Spinup time 139 136 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2024 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1500 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64% Good	Read 114 Write 109 Mixed 111 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 24GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 138 Write 48.8 Mixed 60.6 89% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.16 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.79 102% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 11.6 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 80.9 49% 80.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 85%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $265

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16