Asrock 990FX Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32% 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	58.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock 990FX Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '20 at 07:10
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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-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 (85^th percentile)	62% Good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 67 2-Core 124 56% 90.3 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 369 37% 303 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36B9) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32% Below average	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 61.3 Parallax 39.1 33% 47 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 33.6 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 112 112 113 113 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 382 Write 346 Mixed 242 SusWrite 110 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 33.5 109% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 43 37% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 342GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 113 114 114 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 109 Write 43.4 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 111 58% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 70%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 29 29 30 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 26.8 Write 26.3 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 28.3 19% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.8 220% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 98%

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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 990FX Extreme3 Builds (Compare 298 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme3 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	54x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	43x

GPU
R9 290AMD $399Bench 46%, 68,699 samples	15x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	14x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	5x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $777

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