Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 21:58
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 77.1 1-Core 52.8 2-Core 106 50% 78.6 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 260 29% 227 Pts	64-Core 269 17% 269 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.6% Good	Lighting 62.1 Reflection 90.7 Parallax 128 51% 93.5 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 122 Splatting 100 89% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 331 298 355 310 360 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 351 Write 385 Mixed 271 SusWrite 328 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 25.7 85% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 207 167% 238 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 101%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 129 128 129 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 128 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 86%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$84 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 753GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 94 93 94 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 91 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 92.8 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 85%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 703GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 135 136 135 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 132 Write 126 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 135 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 85%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 152 147 152 146 152 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 148 Write 144 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 149 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 302% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991770 4x4GB 220 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 13 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 54%

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

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 - $82

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	40x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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