Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 43%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics9.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive36.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock 970 Extreme4  (all builds)
Memory2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20121012
Uptime2.9 Days
Run DateMar 21 '17 at 14:56
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User UKR-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri)
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
43% Average
Memory 73.2
1-Core 40.3
2-Core 77.2
42% 63.6 Pts
4-Core 78.8
8-Core 70.4
10% 74.6 Pts
64-Core 75.9
5% 75.9 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 43%
Great: 48%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250
MSI(1462 809D) 1GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 375.70
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
9.64% Terrible
Lighting 10.8
Reflection 12.7
Parallax 9.16
9% 10.9 fps
MRender 15
Gravity 11.3
Splatting 14.7
11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 9.64%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
36.9% Below average
Read 297
Write 99.6
Mixed 146
39% 181 MB/s
4K Read 12.7
4K Write 41.9
4K Mixed 10.7
55% 21.7 MB/s
DQ Read 26
DQ Write 90.6
DQ Mixed 10.9
22% 42.5 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 36.9%
Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40
268GB free
Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
40.1% Average
Read 65.8
Write 73.7
Mixed 43.6
45% 61 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 1.15
4K Mixed 0.37
88% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 40.1%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya M2F4G64CB8HG5N-CG 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
28.3% Poor
MC Read 11.3
MC Write 6.6
MC Mixed 11.1
28% 9.67 GB/s
SC Read 6.8
SC Write 6
SC Mixed 8.5
20% 7.1 GB/s
Latency 94.1
42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 28.3%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 970 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 407 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
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Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 - $107

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $396
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