Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 14:26
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 60.5 2-Core 121 58% 91.1 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 242 32% 241 Pts	64-Core 244 15% 244 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 46.4 Reflection 51.4 Parallax 54.8 38% 50.9 fps	MRender 50.3 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 36.5 34% 42.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 452 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 228 (A5) Unknown 100 100 566948987075 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 46 231928234026 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 279175102529 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 579 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1824 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1064 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1516 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	43.7% Average	Read 377 Write 257 Mixed 170 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 1.51 39% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 14.1 DQ Write 87.4 DQ Mixed 6.02 18% 35.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 672GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 66 203581249 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 414 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2278334 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 471 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 471531548 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 484 (C2) HDA temperature 28 17 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 1 203581249 (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 69741678952827 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1528928794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1127441235	101% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 183 Mixed 103 113% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.32 109% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 51GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 141 3500 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4106 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3940 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3873 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.6% Average	Read 86.2 Write 86.5 Mixed 39 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.4% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 13.1 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.9 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 60%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 - $82

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	40x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	39x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	22x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x
HD 7850AMD $174Bench 19%, 49,592 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	6x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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