Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.37% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	41.7% 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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131002
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '22 at 12:17
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 50.5 2-Core 94.4 47% 73.2 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 198 27% 202 Pts	64-Core 201 12% 201 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5750 12,403 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E138) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	8.37% Terrible	Lighting 11.1 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 9.9 9% 10.9 fps	MRender 9.7 Gravity 8.6 Splatting 7.9 7% 8.73 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.37% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 128GB SSD 128GB 8,135 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: H190117D SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 96 83 85 111 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 331 Write 128 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 99.3 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 16.9 67% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.3 DQ Write 63 DQ Mixed 21 22% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 165GB free Firmware: 0301 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 11 11 11 11 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	14% Very poor	Read 30.9 Write 27.2 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 11.5 6% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 10.6 37% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.8 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 15 11% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 408GB free Firmware: 0301 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 13.4 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 11.4 14% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 43%
LITEONIT LCS-256M6S 256GB 238GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.6% Above average	Read 32.6 Write 28.9 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 11.2 33% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 13.2 1,033% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 18.4 DQ Mixed 14.3 1,165% 15.7 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 16GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.6% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 11.6 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.9 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 91.1 44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 52%

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

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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 $90Bench 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 $38Bench 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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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $195

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16