Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37.2% 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)
Boot Drive	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '19 at 15:24
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 72.6 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 135 56% 93.1 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 432 41% 339 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% XFX(1682 9395) CLim: 1060 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.2% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 43.2 Parallax 67.9 34% 51 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 55.9 Splatting 66.8 43% 50 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 127 103 126 113 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 320 Write 204 Mixed 174 SusWrite 116 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 29.3 98% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 164 127% 173 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 85%
OCZ Trion 100 120GB-$60 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 70GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 72 74 72 70 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 426 Write 90 Mixed 200 SusWrite 74.5 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 13.9 60% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 125 107% 162 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 76%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 288GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 86 91 89 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 71.7 Write 71 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 88.7 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 57%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 342GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 40 40 41 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 36 Write 40 Mixed 18 SusWrite 39.7 45% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-437.A01LF 9905403-437.A01LF 9905403-198.A00LF 9905403-198.A00LF 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 6.7 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970A-G/3.1

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	112x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	80x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	4x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 27%, 2,515 samples	34x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 9,944 samples	20x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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