Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.6% 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	87.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131002
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '21 at 04:20
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 144 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 422 43% 348 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 048F) 2GB CLim: 1188 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 36.2 21% 30.6 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 27.1 Splatting 27.5 22% 27.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 287 298 297 297 298 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 457 Write 407 Mixed 381 SusWrite 306 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 38.6 132% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 201 152% 204 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 155 169 169 164 158 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60% Above average	Read 275 Write 205 Mixed 210 SusWrite 165 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 31.7 117% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 44.1 40% 59 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 941GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 166 162 166 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 123 Write 132 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 166 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 823GB free Firmware: MN6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 135 134 135 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 133 Write 140 Mixed 74 SusWrite 135 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2TB free, PID ab21 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 127 127 127 126 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 81.3 Write 94.3 Mixed 59 SusWrite 126 126% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.1 176% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 53%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 914GB free, PID 1230 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 66 66 66 68 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 130 Write 132 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 66.1 131% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 66 66 67 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 142 Write 144 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 66.4 140% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 44%
WD My Book 25ED 6TB 496 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free, PID 25ed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 171 Write 156 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 67 149% 118 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 9.4 4K Mixed 0.7 357% 4.57 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 9.5 DQ Mixed 0.6 345% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL DDR3 1600 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	47.2% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 48%

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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	157x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16