Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.2% 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	64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 06:33
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 60.3 2-Core 120 55% 87.6 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 320 35% 275 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 33.1 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 43.5 27% 35.3 fps	MRender 41.3 Gravity 39 Splatting 33.4 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4083 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1444 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 163 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7090610666	64.9% Good	Read 382 Write 314 Mixed 275 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 20.5 95% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 40.5 DQ Write 55 DQ Mixed 22.2 24% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 522GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3435 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3289 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 539 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2895 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 29 (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	76.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 133 Mixed 105 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.28 109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 109%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 204GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 192 188 248194 (03) Spinup time 231 230 3425 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7134 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7033 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1004 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6129 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 19 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	59.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 98.6 Mixed 38.4 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.43 133% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 125GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27019216 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4788 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 21541067910 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4933 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 555221021 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 736 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 5 5 190948 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42502996347738 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55008774509 (F2) Unknown 100 253 78188644024	65% Good	Read 99.2 Write 127 Mixed 52.5 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.22 69% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-439.A00LF 64C0MHHHJ-HS 9905403-439.A00LF 64C0MHHHJ-HS 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.5 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 49%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $370

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