Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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. 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 60.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32% 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	174% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 15:48
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	7%

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-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 62.6 2-Core 118 54% 86.9 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 296 33% 260 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% XFX(1682 3221) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 41.5 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 50.7 34% 40.7 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 36.8 28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,272 Write 925 Mixed 1,201 252% 1,133 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.1 192% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 78 81% 134 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 292%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 799GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150881120 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2716 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 231982675 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1803 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 673644583 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 346 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7211 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 47244640295 (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 30919469574632 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33543651847 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28311724183	99.7% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 162 Mixed 175 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 5.47 4K Mixed 1.03 254% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 180GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 82 82842032 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14841 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 184341931 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6374 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1722 (BC) Unknown 100 97 30 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 623181861 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 42949672997 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 27 82842032 (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 -51234664843138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 769605253 (F2) Unknown 100 253 873318773	54.9% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 94 Mixed 95.2 72% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.53 119% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.5% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 10.5 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.5% 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 $57Bench 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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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