Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (13%). 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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 23:33
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 92 1-Core 74.5 2-Core 112 60% 92.9 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 320 31% 254 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570 19,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 0477) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.72% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 6.04 Parallax 5.66 5% 6 fps	MRender 4.33 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 4.74 4% 4.76 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.72% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 187 59 431 225 234 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 69% Great: 113%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 153GB free Firmware: P0121AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 81 50 51 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 452 Write 401 Mixed 358 SusWrite 80.1 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 33.6 118% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 115 94% 136 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 720GB free Firmware: SM36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 100 102 101 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 33.2 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 101 57% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 3.3 627% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 68%

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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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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 $131	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