Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 40.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	22.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141024
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 13:05
Run Duration	311 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Memory 70.1 1-Core 25.5 2-Core 45 34% 46.9 Pts	4-Core 68.7 8-Core 78.3 10% 73.5 Pts	64-Core 74.5 5% 74.5 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.6% Poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 52.4 19% 35.4 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 37.6 30% 35.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 5 11 0.1 11 9.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 63GB free Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 144 156 127 99 90 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 167 Write 169 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 128 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 107%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: GM4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 83 80 80 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 50.6 Write 14.5 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 67.7 30% 40.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 50% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 51%
11 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 27GB free, PID 0903 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 30 26 29 27 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 29 Write 27.9 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 28 33% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.8 39% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 17%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 73GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 31 27 31 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 30.3 Mixed 26.9 SusWrite 28.9 40% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 46% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 1x8GB 4,128 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.67 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.6 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 34%

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

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 - $18

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	193x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	191x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	102x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	33x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	12x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $195

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16