Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


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 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 50.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150805
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '19 at 20:41
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	30%

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 FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Memory 77 1-Core 37.3 2-Core 74.1 42% 62.8 Pts	4-Core 128 8-Core 208 20% 168 Pts	64-Core 213 13% 213 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 83B5) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Lighting 17.1 Reflection 20 Parallax 15.3 14% 17.5 fps	MRender 24.2 Gravity 17.4 Splatting 20.2 17% 20.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,315 Write 1,639 Mixed 1,657 415% 1,870 MB/s	4K Read 164 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 58 351% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 215 151% 189 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 890GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 112 116 116 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 113 Write 121 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 114 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 72%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 510GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 92 93 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 82.7 Write 74.1 Mixed 52.6 SusWrite 91 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 66%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 - $107

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	127x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	73x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	59x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Evo 120GBSamsung $80Bench 96%, 69,224 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $396

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16