Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '19 at 20:00
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 121 62% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 449 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 145 Parallax 134 109% 137 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 131 Splatting 111 95% 116 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 405 413 424 424 421 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 438 Mixed 326 SusWrite 413 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 33.2 126% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 116 105% 162 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 206GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 307 307 309 306 306 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 475 Mixed 406 SusWrite 323 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 56 185% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 269 202% 270 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 3x8GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 24 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 81%

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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%

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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 $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 $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