Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 07:26
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 78.9 1-Core 59.4 2-Core 114 53% 84.2 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 322 32% 261 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% PwrHis(1787 2309) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	5.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 6.4 Parallax 6.9 6% 6.8 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 5.7 5% 5.77 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.43% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$109 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 884GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 161 176 174 172 180 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 341 Write 315 Mixed 291 SusWrite 169 63% 279 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 29.4 93% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 47.1 38% 53.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 128%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 64GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 72 69 72 73 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.1% Average	Read 264 Write 132 Mixed 176 SusWrite 71 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 23.3 80% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 78.6 DQ Mixed 32.7 30% 45.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 77%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 426GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 72 69 72 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 68.8 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 70.9 47% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 489GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 173 179 178 178 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 134 Mixed 65 SusWrite 175 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.6% Below average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 10.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 82.5 48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 38%

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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 23%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16