Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	80.7% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

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Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '17 at 23:41
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 147 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 456 46% 375 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2090 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 0.27 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 85.4 0% 51.4 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 56.2 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2111 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 256 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 46 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 104 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4439401690	80.7% Excellent	Read 495 Write 383 Mixed 401 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 20.4 107% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 20.3 47% 96.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 174 3125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 249 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7132 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76.4% Very good	Read 124 Write 142 Mixed 131 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.29 115% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 86%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 55GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 243 Write 161 Mixed 147 219% 184 MB/s	4K Read 9.47 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 4.68 548% 8.18 MB/s	DQ Read 11.5 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 4.93 594% 9.24 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL F3-14900CL9-4GBXL Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 12.7 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 45%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	157x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	65x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	43x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	24x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48