Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	21.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 16:27
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 71 2-Core 106 55% 86 Pts	4-Core 109 8-Core 108 14% 108 Pts	64-Core 110 7% 110 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04D3) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 26.3 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 35.7 21% 30.5 fps	MRender 24 Gravity 24 Splatting 28.7 21% 25.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210952960 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2185 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 236534737 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3147 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065686 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 353 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6662 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 34359738395 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 47136 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 18013092843957 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45814643959 (F2) Unknown 100 253 451827802976	75.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 126 Mixed 127 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.07 17% 0.14 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00 120GB-$25 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 70GB free Firmware: BB2OC31P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 236 236 30064771072 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3546 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 13330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2959 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 100132 (C2) HDA temperature 211 211 214749151258 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	23.2% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 40.1 Mixed 37.4 30% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-2GBNS F3-10666CL9-2GBNS Kingston ACR256X64D3U1333C9 6GB 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	24.9% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 8.7 22% 7.73 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 - $82

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	40x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	39x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	22x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x
HD 7850AMD $174Bench 19%, 49,592 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	6x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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