Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80% 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	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 23:52
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 142 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 432 43% 348 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 111 Parallax 106 80% 105 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 98 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 128GB-$71 1,277 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27551 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1809 (AB) Unknown 80 80 18365776 (AE) Unknown 100 100 240 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 716 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 77 77 77 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13310 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9224 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1558573795	59.2% Above average	Read 260 Write 244 Mixed 231 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 23.2 90% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 81 78% 125 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 103%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 83GB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 83 (03) Spinup time 136 100 34387394981 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4847 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 25 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3297 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1114112 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1559128375295 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 37 354549790 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4870 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4870 (C2) HDA temperature 200 96 270583857182 (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 200 159 109575	59.7% Above average	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 80.3 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
RAMAXEL RMR5040MM58F9F1600 3x4GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.6% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.6 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 47%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	17x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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