Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 15% 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	52.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '21 at 16:12
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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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-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42% Average	Memory 70.9 1-Core 43.6 2-Core 52.3 39% 55.6 Pts	4-Core 73.6 8-Core 128 12% 101 Pts	64-Core 142 9% 142 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.7% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 63.2 Parallax 90.2 54% 73.4 fps	MRender 66.1 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 47 49% 62.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 41 35 65 78 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 29.5 Write 43.5 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 55.8 31% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 67%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 4,498 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 835GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 182 182 182 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 130 Mixed 98.4 SusWrite 182 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS2G3D1609DS1S00. BLS2G3D1609DS1S00. 20GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.1% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 3.7 SC Mixed 6.1 14% 4.73 GB/s	Latency 99.2 40% 99.2 ns

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

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

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

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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 $80Bench 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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Total price: $217

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) $30	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