Asrock 970DE3/U3S3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock 970DE3/U3S3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121005
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 08:32
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 65.4 2-Core 128 59% 93.7 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 386 40% 319 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 47.3 32% 40.6 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 34.3 Splatting 41.2 30% 35.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 56 44 61 67 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 130 Write 136 Mixed 34.4 SusWrite 44.4 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 99%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 18 17 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 24.9 Write 24.3 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 18.1 17% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.6 192% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 90%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 479GB free Firmware: JP4OA41B SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 111 98 94 104 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 91.8 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 104 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 76%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 8.5 11 11 11 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.42% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 15.2 Mixed 13.1 SusWrite 9.6 19% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 65% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.42% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 1x8GB 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	31.5% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 34%

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Gaming 17%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 14%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970DE3/U3S3

CPU
FX-6350 Six-CoreAMD $100Bench 59%, 29,222 samples	8x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	8x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	11x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x
RX 460AMD $90Bench 20%, 64,240 samples	3x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	7x
JAJS600M128C 128GBBench 66%, 988 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	2x
FLFG45F-D8KQ9 1x8GBKingmaxBench 27%, 115 samples	2x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $308

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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