Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.6% 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	41% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 14:18
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 78.9 1-Core 54.8 2-Core 97.7 50% 77.1 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 346 33% 271 Pts	64-Core 344 21% 344 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 03B4) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 14.8 13% 14.8 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 17.3 12% 13.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7133 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 896 (64) Unknown 100 100 4337808 (65) Unknown 100 100 339248 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 2582 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 702 (B7) Unknown 99 99 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 197569544222 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 6 (E7) Temperature 94 94 6 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7895 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1836 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5898 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8157 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 6	41% Average	Read 311 Write 182 Mixed 69.6 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 7.2 56% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 44.2 DQ Mixed 8.39 14% 26.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 82%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 126GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 15753 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 70 5521 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4298 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 62909 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 210454315033 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 15 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4326	67.8% Good	Read 111 Write 126 Mixed 113 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.51 114% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,207 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 82%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $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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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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