Asrock 990FX Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.1% 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 Drive	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 990FX Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 19:32
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 53.7 2-Core 108 50% 79.2 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 324 33% 268 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E174) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.1 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.4 14% 15 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 17.3 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 378 Write 306 Mixed 313 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 14.5 76% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 36.8 DQ Mixed 14.1 16% 25.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 124%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 521GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 109 Write 107 Mixed 95.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 175GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 74.5 Write 81.7 Mixed 68.7 97% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 8.8 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical 990FX Extreme3 Builds (Compare 298 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme3 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	54x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	43x

GPU
R9 290AMD $399Bench 46%, 68,699 samples	15x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	14x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	5x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $777

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