Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 59.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	87.9% 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	156% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	18.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '22 at 00:28
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Memory 88.8 1-Core 56.9 2-Core 109 55% 85 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 178 24% 181 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 6527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 527.37 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 120 Parallax 106 90% 112 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 93 84% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 662GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 702 765 768 963 917 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 962 Write 992 Mixed 996 SusWrite 788 211% 935 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 53.2 175% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 305 236% 322 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 365%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 785GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 179 178 180 175 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 146 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 176 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 14.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 10.6 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 48%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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	111x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $514

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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