Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.6% 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.
Boot Drive	44.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 16:47
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 56.8 2-Core 108 52% 81.4 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 187 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 8760) 1GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Lighting 16.6 Reflection 17 Parallax 25 14% 19.5 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 19 14% 16.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 99 99 100 101 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 363 Write 343 Mixed 302 SusWrite 96.2 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 12.2 75% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 80.7 DQ Mixed 44.3 38% 53.6 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 770GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 93 100 100 100 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 80.8 Write 60.7 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 98.9 55% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 68%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 263GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 81 89 88 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 86.7 Write 58.1 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 87.5 51% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 62%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 1,626 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 58GB free, PID 00ed Operating at USB 3.2 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 85 Write 93.8 Mixed 57.7 100% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 55% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 64D0JKHHJ 2x8GB 778 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.9% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 9.6 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 60%

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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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Typical 970 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 273 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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16