Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 14.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Boot Drive	20.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '23 at 06:58
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Memory 11.2 1-Core 43.6 2-Core 82.6 23% 45.8 Pts	4-Core 99.1 8-Core 191 17% 145 Pts	64-Core 222 14% 222 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 852GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 70 77 77 79 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20.5% Poor	Read 152 Write 133 Mixed 102 SusWrite 73.8 26% 115 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 7.5 25% 8.07 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 35.6 30% 42.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 117%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 110GB free Firmware: 5.2.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 71 77 77 79 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.8% Very poor	Read 120 Write 87.6 Mixed 90.1 SusWrite 73.9 21% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 14.8 4K Mixed 8.5 19% 7.77 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 35.5 31% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 82%
WD WD3202ABYS-02B7A0 320GB 1,016 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 229GB free Firmware: 02.03B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 79 83 84 86 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 88 Write 70.5 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 81 52% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDDBOOST 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2TB free Firmware: 110425.V SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 48 48 52 53 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 85.8 Write 53.6 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 50.9 48% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 3 678% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 4x8GB 2,056 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 7.8 23% 8.1 GB/s	SC Read 2.1 SC Write 3.4 SC Mixed 2.7 8% 2.73 GB/s	Latency 267 15% 267 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 77%

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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	15	12	64	0"	1280 720

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Typical 970M Pro3 Builds (Compare 843 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $79Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16