Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 50.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	49.7% 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	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 14:27
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Memory 84.2 1-Core 48.8 2-Core 82.9 48% 72 Pts	4-Core 98.9 8-Core 134 15% 116 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.7% Average	Lighting 62.9 Reflection 54.4 Parallax 56.8 51% 58 fps	MRender 65.3 Gravity 53.2 Splatting 54.1 47% 57.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM01D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2644 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 266 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9152 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9935133259 (F2) Unknown 99 99 19494243771	48% Average	Read 310 Write 98.8 Mixed 150 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 16.5 92% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 18.7 24% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 107%
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free Firmware: GL002C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6810 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 16376 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 8379 (0A) Spinup retry count 236 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2191 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 548 (BC) Unknown 100 92 81 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 42 588709922 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2921 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2818091 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 54116 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1161 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	40.5% Average	Read 72.5 Write 68.5 Mixed 23.8 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 49%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 20GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 151 5158 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7689 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23575 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4846 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 609 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7689 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (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	35.9% Below average	Read 59.3 Write 65.4 Mixed 35.1 40% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.33 91% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 8GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.1% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 10.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 8.3 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 59%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 - $18

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	193x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	191x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	102x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	33x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	12x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $152

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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