Asrock 990FX Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 990FX Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150804
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 22:43
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 71 2-Core 142 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 428 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 154 Parallax 131 99% 136 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 142 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	87.3% Excellent	Read 496 Write 379 Mixed 401 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 32.3 124% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 52.6 65% 116 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 134%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 111 Write 192 Mixed 97.1 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.68 207% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 309GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	66.2% Good	Read 108 Write 123 Mixed 91.4 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.25 77% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 156GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	51.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 74.1 Mixed 120 76% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 78%

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

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Gaming 33%

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Desktop 69%

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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 $47Bench 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 $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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