Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	47.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.7% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131002
Uptime	28.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 03:25
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 81 1-Core 40.6 2-Core 81.3 45% 67.6 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 176 21% 162 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.3% Average	Lighting 57.5 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 73.5 47% 65.7 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 56.3 Splatting 55.2 48% 59.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8207454 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -72009421675887 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2712 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 191 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8207454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8207454 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8207454 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11722 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11509 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11509 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5096	49.7% Average	Read 397 Write 136 Mixed 195 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 12.9 67% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 43.6 56% 99.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 82%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 50GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1190 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 603 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3932206 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 405 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 60 257699414047 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55835492366 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 702 (EA) Unknown 100 100 947 (F1) Unknown 253 253 852 (F2) Unknown 253 253 610 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.8% Average	Read 367 Write 227 Mixed 247 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 10.2 57% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 93.1 DQ Mixed 6.02 19% 39.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: ML6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 103 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34386018707 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 144 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 762 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1030 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1030 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 163209936921 (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 200 200 0	62.6% Good	Read 120 Write 98.3 Mixed 85.6 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.34 93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 73%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 22GB free, PID 6008 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 14.6 Mixed 19.6 25% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.61 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.78 84% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL Samsung M391B5673FH0-CH9 Samsung 8GB 800, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.5% Poor	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 10.1 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 6.8 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns

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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	157x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	111x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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