Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 58.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	116% 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	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 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	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 20 '21 at 16:19
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	Memory 71 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 124 54% 89.3 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 427 41% 339 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Asus(1043 05C9) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 142 Parallax 300 102% 189 fps	MRender 241 Gravity 151 Splatting 182 155% 191 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 179 136 112 143 144 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.3% Average	Read 182 Write 74.4 Mixed 188 SusWrite 147 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 28.7 100% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 62.2 DQ Mixed 36.4 31% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 95%
WDC WDBA3V0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 5,585 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 82GB free Firmware: 211070WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 611 869 819 808 782 211 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,119 Write 1,041 Mixed 988 SusWrite 683 215% 958 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 48.1 155% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 361 263% 343 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 274%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 794GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 104 101 106 106 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 168 Write 152 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 102 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: CC3H SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 104 101 106 106 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 110 Write 84.8 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 102 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 70%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 883 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 418GB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 105 105 106 108 109 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 88.2 Write 94.9 Mixed 88.1 SusWrite 107 131% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.6 228% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	30.6% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.1 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 99 40% 99 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 61%

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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%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	155x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	110x
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	24x
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 $38Bench 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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Total price: $517

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