Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '22 at 06:41
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 126 57% 91.7 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 269 33% 254 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 107 Parallax 96.3 79% 99.8 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 92 76% 93.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 176 183 197 193 194 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.4% Above average	Read 165 Write 186 Mixed 156 SusWrite 182 39% 172 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 32 111% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 74.4 DQ Mixed 39.3 34% 48.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 71 73 77 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 203 Write 164 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 70.9 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 817GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 199 199 203 203 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 153 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 200 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 214GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 71 73 77 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 48.3 Write 36.5 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 70.8 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 2x8GB 24,552 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.2% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10.1 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 98%

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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 23%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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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 $75Bench 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 $278Bench 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 $36Bench 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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $29	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