Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 59.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.5% 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	56.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '22 at 16:20
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Memory 82.6 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 112 56% 87.4 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 318 32% 259 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Sapphire(174B E306) CLim: 965 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Lighting 42.4 Reflection 47.1 Parallax 52.4 35% 47.3 fps	MRender 46.3 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 31.5 31% 39.4 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 106 110 109 112 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 298 Write 372 Mixed 277 SusWrite 108 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 35.4 114% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 71.9 DQ Mixed 46.4 38% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 115%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 388GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 112 111 112 112 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 104 Write 41.5 Mixed 65 SusWrite 112 60% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-084.A00LF 9905403-084.A00LF 9905403-174.A00LF 9905403-173.A00LF 8GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.4% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 15.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 12.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 51%

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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 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 - $107

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	127x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	73x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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