Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.4% 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	63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	17.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '17 at 17:09
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 62.5 2-Core 105 55% 84.7 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 280 31% 243 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 62.7 40% 48.1 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 40.3 33% 39.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 100 297 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 481 (A6) Unknown 100 100 390 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 441 (A9) Unknown 100 100 51 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 424 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 206158430240 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 14 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 87263 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4244 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6281	63.5% Good	Read 476 Write 347 Mixed 412 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 4 66% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 27.8 45% 87.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 86%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 169 6533 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1282 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9604 (C2) HDA temperature 130 110 20 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.7% Very good	Read 121 Write 129 Mixed 118 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.3 117% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 601GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134172528 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 184930150 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7154 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1170 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 137 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 59 90597818392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40438 (C2) HDA temperature 24 41 -140737488355304 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54889682038062 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21662650977 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44053328873	99.2% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 170 Mixed 160 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.39 115% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2X4G64CB88CHN-DG 2x4GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.6% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 60%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	155x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	110x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	65x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	43x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	24x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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