Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '19 at 05:17
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 149 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 448 46% 371 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 109 64% 89.3 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 63.2 58% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GB 30,266 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80000C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 337 352 357 358 353 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 252 Write 356 Mixed 318 SusWrite 364 73% 322 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 35.8 131% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 34.4 31% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 164%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 215GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 199GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 39 38 40 42 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 182 Write 193 Mixed 118 SusWrite 40 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.3 279% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 88%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 429GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 345GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 38 37 39 42 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 192 Write 193 Mixed 113 SusWrite 39.9 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.3 271% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 99%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 3,439 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 942GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 38 38 40 42 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 180 Write 191 Mixed 112 SusWrite 40 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.5 328% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-074.A00LF ASU16D3LU1KFG/8G 9905471-074.A00LF ASU16D3LU1KFG/8G 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.7% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 13 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 59%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970A-G/3.1

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	112x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $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