Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. 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 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '21 at 17:16
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 135 58% 95.4 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 395 38% 315 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.2% Very good	Lighting 89.4 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 83.3 73% 87.3 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 72.8 71% 88.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 283 288 287 290 289 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 272 Write 293 Mixed 214 SusWrite 278 60% 264 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 28 97% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 66.6 DQ Mixed 33.9 30% 43 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 581GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 169 172 170 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 168 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 167 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 109%
USB DISK 2.0 32GB 630 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 26GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 8.9 9.6 8.8 9.3 9.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	7.12% Terrible	Read 22.6 Write 7.2 Mixed 8.8 SusWrite 9.2 14% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.8 53% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.12% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 18.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 - $107

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	127x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	73x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	59x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Evo 120GBSamsung $80Bench 96%, 69,224 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $396

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