Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.8% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131002
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '20 at 08:44
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.55 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 78.7 2-Core 138 66% 104 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 485 45% 373 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 149 Parallax 141 115% 144 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 418 370 294 166 230 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 442 Mixed 337 SusWrite 316 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 38.9 137% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 254 192% 259 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 718GB free Firmware: HP33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 151 150 149 151 149 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 140 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 149 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
AMD R938G2401U2S 2x8GB 294 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 14.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 82%

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Typical 970 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 407 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16