Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.8% 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	97.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 08:19
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 76.5 2-Core 148 66% 106 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 457 44% 363 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 9580) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1386 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 95.6 55% 77.9 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 70 Splatting 58.7 54% 66.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 398 396 400 401 401 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 407 Mixed 401 SusWrite 381 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 44.7 146% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 221 172% 236 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 123%
WD WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 300GB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 225GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 132 132 132 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 117 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 131 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.3 230% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.5% Average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 15.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 70%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 18%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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