Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '19 at 21:45
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 123 58% 92.1 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 401 38% 313 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 88.1 Parallax 76.8 66% 82.1 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 70.3 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 120GB-$105 655 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 105 114 116 119 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 389 Write 279 Mixed 218 SusWrite 115 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 27.3 101% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 94 DQ Mixed 33.7 34% 52 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 447GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 117 116 119 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 76.2 Write 76.5 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 119 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ABA200 2TB 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 260GB free Firmware: MZ4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 144 143 144 144 143 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 105 Write 84.7 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 143 65% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 170GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 130 131 130 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 107 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 130 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 80%

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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%

Battle cruiser

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 $37Bench 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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Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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