Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.29% 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	52.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131002
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 15:16
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 49.7 2-Core 89.9 47% 71.9 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 218 24% 186 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 83F3) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.29% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 7.62 Parallax 8.75 7% 8.26 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 10.3 Splatting 10.6 8% 9.83 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.29% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 183 230 232 232 225 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.5% Above average	Read 251 Write 245 Mixed 209 SusWrite 219 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 26.5 83% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 39.8 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 51 43% 60.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 118%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 738GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 80 82 84 83 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 77.9 Write 72.2 Mixed 51.6 SusWrite 80.9 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 264GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 74 74 75 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 125 Write 98.4 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 74.9 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 46 47 46 46 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 44.4 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 45.6 35% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMB2GE484CA5-13HC Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX RMB2GE484CA5-13HC 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 667, 800, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.2% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 10.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.7 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 - $107

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	127x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	73x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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