Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32% 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	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '22 at 09:44
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 118 58% 91.7 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 377 36% 299 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gainward(10B0 1401) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 38.9 33% 40.9 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 34 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 129 120 124 109 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 305 Write 209 Mixed 238 SusWrite 118 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 34.2 112% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 166 140% 204 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 87%
Emtec X150 960GB 611 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 268GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 320 324 328 332 293 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 175 Write 98.3 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 308 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 17.2 4K Mixed 12.7 48% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 75.3 DQ Mixed 40.3 35% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 102%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 47GB free Firmware: CR100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 51 51 52 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 42.9 Write 28.4 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 51.6 27% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 44%
General USB Flash Disk 4GB 1,028 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 800b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 10.2 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 3.8 12% 9.18 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.8% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 84%

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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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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	228x
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 $80Bench 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16