Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.42% 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	36.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150805
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 17:38
Run Duration	507 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Memory 69.6 1-Core 27.8 2-Core 55.9 36% 51.1 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 384 34% 290 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 2756) 2GB CLim: 941 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.42% Terrible	Lighting 8.47 Reflection 7.62 Parallax 9.25 7% 8.44 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 11.1 8% 10.2 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.42% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 182051497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 -78460462524183 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 182 (B1) Unknown 0 0 17 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 41 68 64428965929 (C2) HDA temperature 41 68 64428965929 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 182051497 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 182051497 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 182051497 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 90 90 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 66982 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18644 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18644 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14730	36.5% Below average	Read 274 Write 120 Mixed 164 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 10.1 55% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 57.3 DQ Mixed 13.5 19% 33.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 353GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178224408 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6419 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36989332 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 43 413107355689 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 32 32 136385 (C2) HDA temperature 41 57 77309411369 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -77399605630087 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22226698684 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49881604371	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 180 Mixed 108 116% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 230GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 186 186 164804 (03) Spinup time 186 185 1666 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14965 (05) Reallocated sector count 168 168 250 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 52764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1805 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 39 39 483925 (C2) HDA temperature 104 92 43 (C4) Reallocation count 183 183 17 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 186 167 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	25.7% Poor	Read 63.4 Write 25.7 Mixed 27.4 29% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.46 97% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 41%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 230GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 203619231 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12477 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19437482 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 56311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 535 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12885098535 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 790560809 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 213886 (C2) HDA temperature 41 50 60129542185 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 48 203619231 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	23% Poor	Read 55.5 Write 24.2 Mixed 58.6 35% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.49 104% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 39%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 57GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 119 119 8610906429 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 56731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 400 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10074 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10074 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 257699151914 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.9% Good	Read 117 Write 106 Mixed 29 61% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 74%
SanDisk 8GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	7.68% Terrible	Read 13.4 Write 3.41 Mixed 7.61 9% 8.14 MB/s	4K Read 4.02 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 1.42 108% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.68% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C11D3/4GX 9905403-137.A00LF KHX2133C11D3/4GX 9905403-137.A00LF 12GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 12.2 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 - $107

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	127x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	73x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16