Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120327
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 19:34
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 81.6 1-Core 43.7 2-Core 87.7 47% 71 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 168 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 172 11% 172 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3282) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 75.9 65% 77.8 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 70.4 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 82 83 82 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 255 Write 311 Mixed 232 SusWrite 83 50% 220 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 30.4 109% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 40.7 38% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 26GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 56 57 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 210 Write 219 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 56.2 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 113%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 389GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 87 87 88 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 96.5 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 87.4 65% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 65%
Asrock 3TB+ Unlocker 802GB 302 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 351GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 57 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 111 Write 114 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 56 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 4x8GB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30% Poor	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 10.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.3 19% 6.7 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 60%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 28%

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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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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 $39	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