Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.6% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120327
Uptime	17.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '19 at 16:37
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 79.4 1-Core 67.7 2-Core 136 57% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 325 32% 264 Pts	64-Core 323 20% 323 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 64.2 62% 71.8 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 72.6 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 788GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 217 255 259 251 274 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 457 Write 406 Mixed 375 SusWrite 242 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 46.1 146% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 236 177% 236 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 133%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 668GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 215 252 255 221 184 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 441 Write 404 Mixed 295 SusWrite 220 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 27.2 90% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 183 152% 219 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 616GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 107 109 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 119 Write 119 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 107 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 3,379 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.3% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 55%

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

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Typical 970 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 274 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 $90Bench 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 i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16