Asrock 990FX Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock 990FX Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150804
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '16 at 01:33
Run Duration	343 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 63.3 2-Core 123 55% 89 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 296 33% 261 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.0.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 34 Parallax 47.7 29% 39.1 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 39.1 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 103GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 6 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 17 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 231928234021 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1091 (F1) Unknown 253 253 321 (F2) Unknown 253 253 212	57.2% Above average	Read 386 Write 329 Mixed 307 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 3.08 70% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 90.5 DQ Mixed 2.93 18% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 862GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1007 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 992 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 858 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 29 (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	94.4% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 158 Mixed 134 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.31 137% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 5GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	6.93% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 3.35 Mixed 5.96 10% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.62 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.55 52% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.93% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.4% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 8.4 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 67%

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Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme3 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	54x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	43x

GPU
R9 290AMD $399Bench 46%, 68,699 samples	15x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	14x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	5x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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