Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


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 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 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 09:22
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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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 FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 61.5 2-Core 107 55% 85.2 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 328 33% 266 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2183) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 119 Parallax 122 88% 116 fps	MRender 152 Gravity 120 Splatting 94.1 97% 122 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM01.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 286 304 296 331 305 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 246 Write 157 Mixed 194 SusWrite 301 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 21.8 86% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 56.1 DQ Mixed 30.7 26% 38 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 94%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 419GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 825 810 846 771 820 788 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,214 Write 984 Mixed 1,013 SusWrite 810 226% 1,005 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 64.7 207% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 416 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 393 296% 395 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 340%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 597GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 155 137 163 147 157 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 163 Write 172 Mixed 40 SusWrite 150 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F6451U67G1600G Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.6% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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	18x

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 $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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16