Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '22 at 02:33
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 56.7 2-Core 108 52% 81.4 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 307 29% 241 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 65%

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: 22.6.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 115 62% 87 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 86.9 Splatting 53.7 56% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 82 92 88 90 99 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.4% Average	Read 251 Write 121 Mixed 182 SusWrite 87.5 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 27.8 98% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 83.3 DQ Mixed 35.1 33% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 334GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 141 143 136 141 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 141 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 139 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ01ABB200 2TB 1,626 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 388GB free Firmware: AY000U SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 93 94 94 93 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 75 Write 85.4 Mixed 30.6 SusWrite 92.9 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 61%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 237GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 93 90 90 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 118 Write 106 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 90.7 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 08G-D3-1600-MR BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 08G-D3-1600-MR 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.1% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.7 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 35%

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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	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 $75Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $264

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) $31	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