Asrock 980DE3/U3S3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 49%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.21% 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	62.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

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

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 980DE3/U3S3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '21 at 19:04
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49% Average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 43.3 2-Core 87.5 44% 68.2 Pts	4-Core 138 8-Core 163 20% 150 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Device(107D 2728) 1GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.21% Terrible	Lighting 9.6 Reflection 13.2 Parallax 8.9 8% 10.6 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 10.8 Splatting 9.5 9% 11.2 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.21% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 133 130 133 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 305 Write 240 Mixed 269 SusWrite 143 54% 239 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 26.8 98% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 243 182% 245 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 115%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 176GB free Firmware: CV27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 130 131 131 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 119 Mixed 68 SusWrite 131 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 41GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 132 126 121 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 144 Write 135 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 127 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-185.A00LF 9905403-185.A00LF Kingmax FLFE85F-C8KM9 6GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.7% Poor	MC Read 13 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 11 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 29%

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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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Typical 980DE3/U3S3 R2.0 Builds (Compare 65 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 20%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 16%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 980DE3/U3S3 R2.0

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	19x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	10x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	5x
GTX 950Nvidia $100Bench 26%, 111,509 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
99U5471-057.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 27%, 466 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	3x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16