Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37.9% 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	68.5% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 23:12
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 83.8 1-Core 50.9 2-Core 97.7 51% 77.5 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 312 29% 244 Pts	64-Core 313 19% 313 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 49.9 Reflection 46 Parallax 41.5 41% 45.8 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 42.7 Splatting 37.9 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15495 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2744 (B1) Unknown 94 94 69 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32113749271	68.5% Good	Read 478 Write 316 Mixed 336 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 16.7 94% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 89.2 DQ Mixed 15.4 24% 44.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 118%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 158 Write 74 Mixed 102 129% 111 MB/s	4K Read 7.05 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.34 147% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C8 2x4GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.9% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.2 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 74%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	229x
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 $76Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16