Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	20% 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	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Performance (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '22 at 19:33
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 71.9 1-Core 53.4 2-Core 98.8 47% 74.7 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 261 28% 221 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 22DD) CLim: 1212 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.3.2 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	20% Poor	Lighting 24.5 Reflection 28.6 Parallax 32.1 20% 28.4 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 27.7 Splatting 20 20% 25.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 120GB 3,209 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 59 44 35 53 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 430 Write 257 Mixed 158 SusWrite 56.9 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 7.3 54% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 112 115% 189 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 92%
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 81GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 84 61 60 52 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 332 Write 302 Mixed 22.9 SusWrite 102 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 17.6 55% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 74.8 DQ Mixed 23.4 26% 41.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-021.A00LF 2x4GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 12.8 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.3 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 97 41% 97 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 45%

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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 970 Performance Builds (Compare 57 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 16%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 14%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Performance

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	20x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	15x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	12x

GPU
R7 370AMD $153Bench 21%, 39,178 samples	3x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
Savage 240GBHyperX $120Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GBUnknownBench 39%, 75 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $311

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $550	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