Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 05:09
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	99%

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-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 69.2 2-Core 131 61% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 428 40% 331 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Lighting 86.3 Reflection 87 Parallax 76 70% 83.1 fps	MRender 83.8 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 69.4 63% 77.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 960GB-$462 185 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 681GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1320 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1501 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131079 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1951	73.5% Very good	Read 485 Write 425 Mixed 472 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 14 74% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 59.2 68% 117 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 109%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 850GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 146 9508 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16947 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8680 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 391 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 67153 (C2) HDA temperature 129 105 23 (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	67.1% Good	Read 123 Write 110 Mixed 105 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 17.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 15.5 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 77%

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

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 - $82

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	40x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $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 $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