Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.3% 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	43.6% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 03:24
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 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 (99^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 67.3 2-Core 132 60% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 285 32% 253 Pts	64-Core 284 18% 284 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2730) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 27 Reflection 29 Parallax 32.3 22% 29.4 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 21.6 Splatting 34.2 23% 27 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9241290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14534169347564 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1619 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 298 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 63 73018572829 (C2) HDA temperature 29 63 73018572829 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9241290 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9241290 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9241290 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33887 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8719 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8719 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8831	43.6% Average	Read 294 Write 114 Mixed 109 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 9.12 81% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 6.69 16% 33.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 73%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 6GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7443 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1086 (AB) Unknown 100 100 77413200 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 36 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1168 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2689 (F9) Unknown 100 100 66040769	62.1% Good	Read 337 Write 386 Mixed 293 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 13.1 80% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 61.5 DQ Mixed 13.1 18% 32 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 102GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7270 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1573 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 504692765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7222 (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	61.8% Good	Read 104 Write 111 Mixed 136 89% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x8GB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.8% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 17 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.4 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 64%

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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	155x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	110x
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 $37Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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