Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 60.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '23 at 12:44
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	94%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 90.2 53% 79.6 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 289 32% 254 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Zotac(19DA 7510) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 150 Parallax 150 128% 152 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 136 Splatting 117 116% 147 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 225 206 292 252 241 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 465 Write 418 Mixed 319 SusWrite 237 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 43.4 146% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 220 166% 223 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 284GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 26 19 18 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 48% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 1x8GB 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.3 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 8.5 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 38%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	59	60	33.1"	1280 720	AOC3279 Q3279WG5B

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	290x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	229x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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