Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150805
Uptime	13.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 07:14
Run Duration	1451 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 25.6 2-Core 82 42% 62.5 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 315 30% 249 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 63%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4547 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (A6) Unknown 100 100 20 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 284 (A9) Unknown 100 100 156 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 47 (AE) Unknown 100 100 83 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 45 193274576929 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 312 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6013 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2651 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3484 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	57.6% Above average	Read 435 Write 301 Mixed 306 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 15.2 65% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 55.9 DQ Write 44.3 DQ Mixed 23.5 25% 41.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDT725040VLA360 400GB 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 364GB free Firmware: V5COA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 94 393216 (02) Throughput performance 162 100 190 (03) Spinup time 105 97 8619688426 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 583 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 728 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 728 (C2) HDA temperature 162 122 214748889125 (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 200 253 0	37.4% Below average	Read 63.4 Write 66.4 Mixed 63.4 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.36 105% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 37%
Toshiba MK3265GSX 320GB-$91 6,085 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 191GB free Firmware: GJ002J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1219 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 2932 (0A) Spinup retry count 203 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 766 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 57 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 29349 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231928496161 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 46 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2028 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 341 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 13% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 6.4 21% 7.5 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 5.3 14% 5.03 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 62%

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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	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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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