Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.8% 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	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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 21:29
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 77.4 2-Core 148 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 360 40% 315 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PwrHis(1787 3000) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 56.3 37% 44.6 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 40.2 31% 37.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188637640 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1769 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 115062710 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1740 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 488046621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34737 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 37 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116569707386344 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29051161378 (F2) Unknown 100 253 135899285855	58.4% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 105 Mixed 105 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 112%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 23GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 74.2 Write 89.5 Mixed 17.4 74% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.33 60% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x4GB 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 74%

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

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Typical 970 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 273 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 - $82

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	40x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $109Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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