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Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.4%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 9 years and 6 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '15 at 14:23
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-8320E-$86 16,638 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	SC Int 76.6 SC Float 68.6 SC Mixed 71.8 58% 72.3 Pts	QC Int 251 QC Float 233 QC Mixed 248 55% 244 Pts	MC Int 418 MC Float 399 MC Mixed 426 62% 414 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 13,444 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 0483) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.200.0.0 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.91% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 5.9 Parallax 6.3 2% 6.3 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 4.7 Splatting 4.3 2% 4.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.91% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 9,131 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3366 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2020 (E8) Unknown 100 100 13409417652 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	55.3% Above average	Read 315 Write 313 Mixed 249 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 15.8 69% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 17 26% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 103%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 25,510 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 407GB free Firmware: GG2OACA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 100 51539607553 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 386 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 131072 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 454819868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 112 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 720907 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 73358 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	55.5% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 97.1 Mixed 55.8 62% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.17 69% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 58%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 - $97

CPU
FX-6300AMD $50Bench 46%, 126,464 samples	1,037x
FX-8350AMD $70Bench 55%, 169,736 samples	988x
FX-8320AMD $74Bench 50%, 64,317 samples	663x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 71%, 459,273 samples	256x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 38%, 297,736 samples	231x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 40%, 189,079 samples	206x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 350,190 samples	241x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 54%, 155,795 samples	216x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $89Bench 114%, 291,972 samples	89x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 50%, 19,970 samples	140x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 37,661 samples	137x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 55%, 22,937 samples	123x

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