Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.4% 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	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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	14 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	Jul 02 '17 at 12:06
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 73.6 1-Core 56.2 2-Core 96.7 48% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 293 30% 240 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% AMD(1002 0B00) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.4% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 56.5 37% 43.8 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 43.9 Splatting 36.9 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 530 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 538443808 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 485 (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	52.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 73.7 Mixed 103 72% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 464GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 1248 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6671 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 311537620 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5271 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6349 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 488046621 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 31 1248 (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 31409095840902 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2843631458 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3688975021	62.7% Good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 89.8 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.69 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 185GB free Firmware: 3.AAF 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 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1366 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 808270062 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 53690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1355 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 738918433 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 77 66 110970884 (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	55.1% Above average	Read 91 Write 101 Mixed 60.7 63% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.1% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 6 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 93.3 43% 93.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 43%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	18x

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 $51Bench 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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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $240

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16