Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	41.2% 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	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Performance (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '16 at 19:28
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 66.5 2-Core 129 60% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 431 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.155.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Lighting 53.8 Reflection 35.9 Parallax 66.6 44% 52.1 fps	MRender 34 Gravity 52.5 Splatting 44.7 36% 43.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 120GB 4,012 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 42 47 107377262634 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 12806 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12806 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14654 (F9) Unknown 100 100 281 (FC) Unknown 100 100 3	55.4% Above average	Read 462 Write 89.8 Mixed 202 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 22.3 81% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 80 78% 123 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 84%
WD WD1200JS-00MHB0 120GB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 82GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 200 180 2975 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4459 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 6 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4385 (BE) vendor-specific 50 39 50 (C2) HDA temperature 97 86 50 (C4) Reallocation count 194 194 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	28.7% Poor	Read 51.5 Write 48.9 Mixed 35.2 34% 45.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.06 9% 0.05 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 35%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 165GB-$46 4,039 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 34GB free Firmware: P22OAB3A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12895977642 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5749 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4373 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6773 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6773 (C2) HDA temperature 127 127 244813987887 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 2630	29.3% Poor	Read 53.5 Write 49 Mixed 36.2 34% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.08 16% 0.12 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 39%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 62GB free, PID 022b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 32.2 Mixed 20.9 36% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.3 40% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Performance DDR3 1600 C9 2x2GB 479 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.3% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 11.1 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 14%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Performance

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	20x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	15x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	12x

GPU
R7 370AMD $153Bench 21%, 39,178 samples	3x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
Savage 240GBHyperX $120Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GBUnknownBench 39%, 75 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $311

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