Asrock 970 Performance

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Performance (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150319
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '17 at 00:10
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 61.7 2-Core 112 55% 86.4 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 249 29% 227 Pts	64-Core 248 15% 248 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670 21,442 User benchmarks, average bench 4% PwrHis(1787 2009) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	4.4% Terrible	Lighting 5.3 Reflection 7.88 Parallax 3.59 4% 5.59 fps	MRender 5.33 Gravity 3.8 Splatting 7 5% 5.38 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.4% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 376GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 63 9802 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19295 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6744 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1335 (B5) Unknown 86 86 308161932 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 214749282326 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 74 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 19339	54.2% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 99.8 Mixed 105 74% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.42 89% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 72%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01S02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5054 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5050 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5013 (C2) HDA temperature 116 84 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.8% Average	Read 99.4 Write 66.7 Mixed 78.7 61% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.45 121% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CH9 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 13.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 9.7 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 41%

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

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Typical 970 Performance Builds (Compare 56 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 16%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Performance

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	20x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	15x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	11x

GPU
R7 370AMD $153Bench 21%, 39,178 samples	3x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
Savage 240GBHyperX $120Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GBUnknownBench 39%, 75 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $311

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) $35	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