Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 50.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.97% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	30.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 19:24
Run Duration	485 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Memory 82.7 1-Core 50.7 2-Core 96.5 50% 76.6 Pts	4-Core 108 8-Core 112 15% 110 Pts	64-Core 112 7% 112 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 0A65) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.97% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 2.19 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.3 fps	MRender 0.95 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.57 1% 1.13 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.97% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 49823680 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -56676388430578 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1771 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 261 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 50 54 47248179250 (C2) HDA temperature 50 54 47248179250 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 49823680 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 49823680 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 49823680 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6058 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4720 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4720 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5251	30.2% Below average	Read 124 Write 77.7 Mixed 100 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 8.41 64% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 73.5 DQ Mixed 9.49 18% 33.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5240 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1761 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 154130 (C2) HDA temperature 99 91 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 129 Mixed 91.6 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.19 102% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 84%
Corsair Flash Survivor USB 3.0 64GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 60GB free, PID 1a04 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 31 Write 20.1 Mixed 12.9 24% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.92 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.35 48% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 46%
A-DATA USB Flash Drive 8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 6GB free, PID c93a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	5.06% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 6.94 Mixed 0.65 8% 8.93 MB/s	4K Read 3.08 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 12% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.06% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 1x4GB 262 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.7% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 6.5 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 35%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 - $107

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	127x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	73x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	59x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Evo 120GBSamsung $80Bench 96%, 69,224 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $396

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