Asrock 970A-G/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock 970A-G/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '21 at 06:51
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 143 60% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 428 41% 338 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 145 Parallax 118 91% 125 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 108 Splatting 86.2 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TEAML5Lite3D120G 120GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 356 406 413 412 412 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 418 Mixed 415 SusWrite 379 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 44.1 146% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 115 125% 209 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 110%
Seagate OneTouch SSD 500GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 453GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 0 0 3.1 30 30 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	8.11% Terrible	Read 31.2 Write 29.7 Mixed 28 SusWrite 14.1 6% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 5.1 20% 6.13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 8.11% Great: 58%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 596GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 110 110 111 108 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 73 SusWrite 109 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 271GB free, PID 0212 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 25 29 29 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 30.8 Write 29.7 SusWrite 28 38% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 6% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 109%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 17%

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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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Total price: $269

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 $45	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