Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.41% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '17 at 23:28
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 66.1 2-Core 130 58% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 356 37% 297 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E263) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1320 MHz, MLim: 1080 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.41% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 14.5 9% 12.8 fps	MRender 7.67 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 10.5 8% 9.55 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.41% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001YAM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97762088 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3947 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 60270275984 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3928 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 45 4766433308 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1147 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 320 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 20 20 160115 (C2) HDA temperature 28 55 -140737488355300 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 134 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	45.6% Average	Read 84.9 Write 74.4 Mixed 13 42% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.09 29% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-8GBNT Samsung M378B5673EH1-CH9 Samsung M378B5673EH1-CH9 Samsung M378B5673EH1-CH9 14GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.7 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 42%

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

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	157x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 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 $278Bench 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 $36Bench 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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Total price: $517

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