Asrock 970DE3/U3S3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With 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 34.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	5.65% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970DE3/U3S3 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121005
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '21 at 11:58
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Sempron X2 190 154 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Memory 56 1-Core 42.7 2-Core 79.4 37% 59.4 Pts	4-Core 70.4 8-Core 85.2 10% 77.8 Pts	64-Core 87.6 5% 87.6 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E263) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.65% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 9.1 Parallax 9.2 6% 8.43 fps	MRender 7.6 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 6.3 6% 6.87 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.65% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 41 28 66 78 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 102 Write 72.2 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 44.9 51% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1600C11 CMV4GX3M1B1600C11 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 533, 533 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 7.1 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 140 29% 140 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 47%

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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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Gaming 17%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock 970DE3/U3S3

CPU
FX-6350 Six-CoreAMD $100Bench 59%, 29,222 samples	8x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	8x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	11x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x
RX 460AMD $90Bench 20%, 64,240 samples	3x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	7x
JAJS600M128C 128GBBench 66%, 988 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	2x
FLFG45F-D8KQ9 1x8GBKingmaxBench 27%, 115 samples	2x

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Total price: $308

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16