Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.62% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	56.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131002
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 16:30
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 74.9 1-Core 50 2-Core 108 49% 77.8 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 288 29% 236 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 03EA) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.62% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 9.3 Parallax 7.1 7% 8.27 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 7.1 6% 7.63 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.62% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple SM256E 251GB 850 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM02A0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 88 91 87 91 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 430 Write 151 Mixed 162 SusWrite 90 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 27.7 87% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 97.5 DQ Mixed 92.6 80% 120 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 97%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 38GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 186 202 218 185 219 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 416 Write 189 Mixed 259 SusWrite 211 60% 269 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 166 123% 162 MB/s	4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 20.9 70% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 9,544 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 91GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 140 154 126 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 115 Write 91.5 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 114 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.6 257% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 18GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 56 53 56 69 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 73.5 Write 71 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 63.8 48% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 65%
WDC WD75 00BPVT-24HXZT3 750GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 304GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 24 23 24 23 24 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.8% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 22.5 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 23.3 32% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 6,862 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.8 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 6.7 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 90.6 44% 90.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 54%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 - $82

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	40x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	39x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	22x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x
HD 7850AMD $174Bench 19%, 49,592 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	6x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $370

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