Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 42.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	32.7% 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)
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 16:58
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Memory 64.3 1-Core 34.4 2-Core 63.1 36% 53.9 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 178 18% 145 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3415) CLim: 1291 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.7% Below average	Lighting 30.2 Reflection 45.2 Parallax 86.6 25% 54 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 52.4 48% 60.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 367 Write 219 Mixed 216 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 15.8 62% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 67.8 DQ Mixed 103 80% 112 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 76%
SSD 128GB 3,975 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free Firmware: S5FAM012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 115 63 114 158 177 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	23.6% Poor	Read 209 Write 57.2 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 126 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 9.9 4K Mixed 3.1 21% 6.87 MB/s	DQ Read 65.7 DQ Write 6.3 DQ Mixed 0 9% 24 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 85%
WD WD80EZZX-11CSGA0 8TB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 5.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 167 165 155 170 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 146 Write 165 Mixed 77 SusWrite 160 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 99%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 821GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 111 113 115 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 112 Write 122 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 114 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 72%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 129 129 126 128 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 116 Write 89.8 Mixed 68 SusWrite 128 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	27.2% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.7 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 63%

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

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 - $82

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	40x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	39x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	22x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x
HD 7850AMD $174Bench 19%, 49,592 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	6x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16