Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '20 at 14:44
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 143 59% 97.9 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 388 40% 322 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 135 Parallax 126 103% 129 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$85 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 265 291 285 287 295 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 349 Write 305 Mixed 184 SusWrite 278 63% 279 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 26 89% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 74.8 DQ Mixed 38.8 32% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 783GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 143 136 148 140 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 127 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 143 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.9% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 69%

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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 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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