Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	22% 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	38.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 22:15
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 83.1 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 118 56% 89 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 190 26% 190 Pts	64-Core 192 12% 192 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 24.1 Parallax 27.1 22% 26.1 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 25.7 Splatting 29.7 22% 25.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 7 (AA) Unknown 100 100 8 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 66 63 158915035170 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 26 (F1) Unknown 100 100 29 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1332	38.6% Below average	Read 242 Write 234 Mixed 204 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 3.93 49% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 28 DQ Mixed 2.91 9% 18.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 85%
Toshiba MK1637GSX 160GB-$4 1,633 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 97GB free Firmware: DL032C Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1661 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3975 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 21994 (0A) Spinup retry count 179 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3207 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 43 555417631 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1502 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3276850 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 458738 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 244813987871 (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 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8262 (DE) Loaded hours 51 51 19707 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 300 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	22.7% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 40 Mixed 39.8 30% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.24 70% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5595-001.A00LF 99U5471-056.A00LF 10GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 800, 800 MHz 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.4% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 10.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 37%

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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 $57Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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