Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.1% 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	50.6% 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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 01:47
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 58.9 2-Core 117 57% 89.1 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 230 30% 229 Pts	64-Core 225 14% 225 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PowerColor(148C 2336) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 47.3 32% 40.6 fps	MRender 31.3 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 40.7 29% 34.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK1T0MBF 1TB 1,769 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 619GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 257 336 337 340 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	50.6% Above average	Read 258 Write 29.7 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 220 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 28.2 4K Mixed 21.1 84% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 30 DQ Mixed 26.2 21% 29 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 103%
OCZ SABER1000 960GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 291GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 342 246 338 302 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 309 Write 339 Mixed 214 SusWrite 304 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 23.5 90% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 66.4 DQ Mixed 27.8 27% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT2TXOB 2x4GB 406 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.7% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 9.8 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.7 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 74%

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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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Typical 970 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 273 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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 $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 $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