Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 48.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	46.1% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 04:20
Run Duration	577 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Memory 67.3 1-Core 62 2-Core 104 48% 77.7 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 220 24% 190 Pts	64-Core 227 14% 227 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.1% Average	Lighting 55.4 Reflection 53.3 Parallax 77.8 45% 62.2 fps	MRender 53.3 Gravity 48.4 Splatting 68.8 48% 56.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 100 5471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 163 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4859 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4914 (A9) Unknown 100 100 50 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4872 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 223338299431 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 163 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 417978 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11523 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4537
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 32 Write 27.9 Mixed 27.2 22% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.61 4K Mixed 0.47 182% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 94%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 596GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 196 196 18776 (03) Spinup time 185 183 1741 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4750 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2520 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 367769 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 194 194 667 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 12% Great: 47%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 460GB free Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 828928865 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 38950 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3051 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 39 857669674 (C2) HDA temperature 42 61 55834574890 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 56 19526736 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44.6% Average	Read 76 Write 79.3 Mixed 73.9 58% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 43%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 337GB free Firmware: JP2OA25C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12897616066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6297 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 32 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1780 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7268 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7268 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 266288627753 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	63.7% Good	Read 105 Write 117 Mixed 74.1 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.18 57% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 74%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 261GB free Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76227308 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14071 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 115 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1988646 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 56 38 400239231020 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7069 (C2) HDA temperature 44 62 94489280556 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 76227308 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -28956669501207 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2034914340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3567145843	54.5% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 96.4 Mixed 91.3 71% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.47 113% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 71%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 98GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 179 1391 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3682 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1239 (BF) G-sense error rate 88 88 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 410016 (C2) HDA temperature 115 100 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 87 87 10190 (F1) Unknown 200 200 25537343265 (F2) Unknown 200 200 42624463131 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	39.1% Below average	Read 65.9 Write 70.2 Mixed 70.9 52% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.15 65% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 20GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	MC Read 6 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 3.9 17% 5.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.7 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 49%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16