Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	91.5% 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	157% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '22 at 02:53
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 116 55% 87.4 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 226 24% 194 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$271 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 6527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 527.37 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 127 Parallax 110 93% 117 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 96.5 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 674GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 718 901 902 698 480 179 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 987 Write 1,044 Mixed 1,070 SusWrite 646 211% 937 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 61.4 197% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 421 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 368 278% 375 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 365%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$26 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 785GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 178 178 182 182 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 150 Mixed 32 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: 93.5% 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 21 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.4% 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%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $125Bench 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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