Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.34% 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	44.9% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 18:29
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 82.3 1-Core 63.7 2-Core 113 55% 86.4 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 187 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Device(0000 0000) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	8.34% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 9.23 Parallax 5.06 9% 8.54 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 8.8 Splatting 6.78 7% 8.26 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.34% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 381 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (64) Unknown 100 100 1606480 (65) Unknown 100 100 261056 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 947 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 687 (B7) Unknown 99 99 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 197569347612 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3007 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1484 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2635 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1961 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	44.9% Average	Read 350 Write 190 Mixed 109 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 27.3 4K Mixed 8.7 62% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 41 DQ Mixed 9.72 15% 26.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 653GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1553 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1720 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1720 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 180389216284 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 167 Mixed 79.6 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 933, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.8% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.3 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 63%

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

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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 $179	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