Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 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 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '23 at 12:39
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 72.4 1-Core 55.4 2-Core 109 49% 79.1 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 249 27% 213 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 290X 3,695 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 16.6 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 22.6 14% 19.1 fps	MRender 15.3 Gravity 15.4 Splatting 11.3 11% 14 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asrock RAM Disk 0GB 0GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 2,157 Write 1,906 Mixed 1992 450% 2,019 MB/s	4K Read 135 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 132 439% 130 MB/s	DQ Read 397 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 132 165% 292 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 30 51 61 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 42.6 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 49.3 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 876GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 32 50 58 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 110 Write 98.5 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 48.3 62% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 230% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 106%
WD Elements 25A2 750GB 1,458 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 286GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 25 27 26 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 51.2 Write 24.7 Mixed 22.6 SusWrite 26.2 38% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.7 38% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer 78.C1GET.AU10C 2x8GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.2 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 95.8 42% 95.8 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	54	35	60	24.1"	1280 720	SAM0CC1 S24E650

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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	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 $28Bench 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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Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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