Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 12:11
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 64.3 1-Core 63.1 2-Core 126 50% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 392 36% 304 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 8,099 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(0000 0000) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.69% Terrible	Lighting 1.97 Reflection 3.69 Parallax 0.78 2% 2.15 fps	MRender 2.95 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 2.3 2% 2.27 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.69% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8140 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2265 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 112 (EB) Unknown 99 99 241 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12769037751	68% Good	Read 475 Write 315 Mixed 316 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 14.7 97% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 43.2 DQ Mixed 14.9 18% 30.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 108%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 410GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 140 133 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5934 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5073 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5934 (C2) HDA temperature 119 98 28 (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	47.7% Average	Read 86.2 Write 79.8 Mixed 82.1 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.4 103% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 44%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 310GB free Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 93 115529765 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6061 (05) Reallocated sector count 74 74 2130 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 162463341 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1690 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 611 (BC) Unknown 100 96 124556607566 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 37 14023556399133 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 673 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8733 (C2) HDA temperature 29 63 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 116 99 115529765 (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 60099477384367 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3814888471 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3776689903	64.9% Good	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 105 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 408 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	27.4% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 6 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 59%

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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 $47Bench 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 $37Bench 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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Total price: $152

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 $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