Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151229
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '22 at 13:47
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 83.5 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 118 56% 88.9 Pts	4-Core 129 8-Core 184 20% 156 Pts	64-Core 174 11% 174 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 254C) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.5% Poor	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 48.5 31% 39.6 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 37.5 Splatting 22.2 23% 29.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 60GB 1,468 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 55GB free Firmware: 2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 53 59 61 69 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 65.7 Write 46.2 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 61.7 14% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 21 62% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 76.4 DQ Mixed 77.1 64% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 780GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 34 27 35 44 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 180 Write 144 Mixed 66 SusWrite 38.7 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 465GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 37 32 38 47 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 55 Write 50 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 41.4 30% 41 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 101% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 121 63 101 166 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 170 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 131 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3200827AS 200GB-$128 2,755 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 186GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 52 54 55 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 61 Write 34.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 56.3 36% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%
Toshiba StorE HDD 160GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 134GB free, PID 0b15 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 20 22 21 24 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	5.76% Terrible	Read 4.5 Write 4.3 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 22 13% 8.77 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.76% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.5% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 16.3 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 84%

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	228x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	92x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	51x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 6,864 samples	35x
NMUD380D81-1600C 1x8GBUnknownBench 28%, 485 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x

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Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16