Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 15:38
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 78.4 1-Core 60.1 2-Core 112 52% 83.4 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 285 31% 246 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 644GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 984 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 769 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 221 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 762 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 30 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	97.7% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 186 Mixed 158 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.14 69% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 465GB free Firmware: GG2OA7J0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 217 217 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4021 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 3946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3828 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 367 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 319344 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 210454052890 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 2684 (C5) Current pending sector count 34 34 1720 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	38.8% Below average	Read 81.4 Write 54 Mixed 66.5 51% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.11 32% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 58%
WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 0GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5333 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12284 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 54193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 301 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 5 5 585467 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	22% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 37.5 Mixed 16.5 23% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.9% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 8.7 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 67%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	228x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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