Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 19:54
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 90.3 1-Core 49.8 2-Core 102 53% 80.7 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 184 22% 168 Pts	64-Core 193 12% 193 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PNY(196E 11D9) 3GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (73 fps cap detected)	60.1% Good	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 73 Parallax 63.9 60% 70.4 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 73.4 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 112 115 105 115 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 278 Write 322 Mixed 248 SusWrite 114 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 17.6 68% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 37.7 32% 45.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 95%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 120 140 131 134 126 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 132 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 127 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 143% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.5% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 63%

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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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Typical 970 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 273 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 - $82

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	40x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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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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