Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 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 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	16 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '21 at 22:14
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 below expectations (26^th percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 64.4 2-Core 124 54% 88.1 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 330 32% 262 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 46.4 Parallax 41.3 36% 43.8 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 36.5 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 610GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 89 108 87 78 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 90 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 92.5 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 850GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 25 25 27 26 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 26.8 Write 27.8 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 26 18% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.2 130% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 66%
Seagate OneTouch HDD 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free, PID ab63 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 93 92 97 92 90 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.7% Below average	Read 70 Write 64.9 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 93.3 106% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.1 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 1600 CL10 Series TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 1600 CL10 Series 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 14.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.3 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 88 45% 88 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 42%

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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 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	155x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	109x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	65x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	43x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 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 $37Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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