Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 60%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 02:11
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (94^th percentile)	60% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 52.3 2-Core 84.5 50% 73.8 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 204 28% 206 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 71.2 64% 76.5 fps	MRender 83.4 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 63.8 59% 73.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 639GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 121 105 119 116 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 82 Write 159 Mixed 29 SusWrite 114 69% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 2 370% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 574GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 158 159 158 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 174 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 157 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXM F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-1600C9-8GXM F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 24GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.3% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 11.1 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.4 21% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $178	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