Asrock 970 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141024
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '19 at 17:39
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X2 555 4,836 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Memory 70 1-Core 33.6 2-Core 67.5 39% 57 Pts	4-Core 74.6 8-Core 71.4 10% 73 Pts	64-Core 56.9 4% 56.9 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 3506) 1GB CLim: 730 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	3.56% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 5.08 Parallax 1.38 4% 3.6 fps	MRender 6.19 Gravity 4.43 Splatting 3.22 4% 4.61 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.56% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SSD 256GB 256GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0110A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 180 239 6.1 55 6.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 375 Write 282 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 113 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.3 23% 6.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 81%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 145GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 69 71 71 67 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 71.5 Write 66.1 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 68.5 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 40%
Seagate ST380817AS 80GB-$130 2,079 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 74GB free Firmware: 3.42 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 56 56 54 52 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 53 Mixed 39 SusWrite 54 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 32%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 9.3 14 9.8 12 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5.8 Write 3 SusWrite 10.8 9% 6.53 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KRE-D3U1333M/4G 2x4GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.7% Very poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 4.9 MC Mixed 5.4 17% 5.8 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 3.2 10% 3.47 GB/s	Latency 101 39% 101 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 55%

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

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Typical 970 Pro3 Builds (Compare 74 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Pro3 - $18

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	11x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	11x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	5x
HD 7770AMDBench 12%, 38,053 samples	4x

SSD
SSDPR-CX400-512-G2 512GBBench 78%, 3,021 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	2x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16