Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	161% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 20:02
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 70.2 2-Core 139 59% 96.9 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 297 35% 272 Pts	64-Core 319 20% 319 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 61.3 54% 65.2 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 54.6 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,320 Write 948 Mixed 1,049 246% 1,106 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 38.3 144% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 66.7 68% 111 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 916GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 95970933 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 77 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 90178564 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 136906377534702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 437911578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 68278 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 77309411354 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 80844169414814 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12166221766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19836012281	76% Very good	Read 132 Write 134 Mixed 91.8 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.24 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 725GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 98 0 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3543 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 34577093170 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2469 (B4) Unknown 100 100 628098361 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 150 (BC) Unknown 100 97 17180262773 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 454754331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 290 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3655 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 4 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 95 95 480 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	73.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 118 Mixed 101 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.54 88% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GB 2,942 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.4 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 53%

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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 $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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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 $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) $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