Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% 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 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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.7% 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	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 02:09
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 63 2-Core 119 56% 88.9 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 306 31% 250 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% XFX(1682 9560) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1295 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Lighting 32.6 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 40.7 26% 35.5 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 31.2 Splatting 35.2 27% 32.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 232GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 424 Write 407 Mixed 424 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 22.5 83% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 95.9 DQ Write 90.6 DQ Mixed 47 48% 77.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 75%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 201GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1726 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1158 (A5) Unknown 100 100 26149190 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 545 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 163 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 63 270583660576 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 399433793629 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1418 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3550 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2762 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2403 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0
Poor: 61% Great: 106%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 201GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1750 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1168 (A5) Unknown 100 100 27066706 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 408 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 167 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 62 266288693283 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 412319613024 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1529 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3677 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2882 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2479 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0
Poor: 61% Great: 106%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4542 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1327 (A8) Unknown 100 100 731324 (AA) Unknown 100 100 524 (AD) Unknown 100 100 852005 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 254 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 365662 (E7) Temperature 100 100 87 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4289	50.1% Above average	Read 490 Write 129 Mixed 130 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 8.46 64% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 43.7 47% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 15 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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