Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 46%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	14.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 9 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '17 at 22:11
Run Duration	437 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri) 19,471 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	46% Average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 42.2 2-Core 67.8 44% 63.2 Pts	4-Core 74.6 8-Core 77.2 10% 75.9 Pts	64-Core 73.7 5% 73.7 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 83DE) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 20.6 12% 19.7 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 22 Splatting 23.8 20% 24.5 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 396GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215726416 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 774 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12856537 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 697 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 656080932 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 135150 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 107374182436 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 86075439582522 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12019872264 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16781725780	79.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 142 Mixed 48 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.31 110% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 259GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30695728 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1543 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 648 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9270637 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1526 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 656015396 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 98784247844 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 22 30695728 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -80685255603180 (F1) Unknown 100 253 562577188 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2520721080	57.4% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 103 Mixed 66.7 66% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.33 70% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210404436 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4559 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 347703375 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2378 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295098389 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 656080932 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 103079215140 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 26 210404436 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 24927990217667 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2789723566 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1856107266	59.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 72.3 69% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.39 86% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 136GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 83401886 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 121 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2405543 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 639238179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 122 (C2) HDA temperature 35 26 111669149731 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 83401886 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -58643483458372 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4617406120 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1480423715	80.8% Excellent	Read 126 Write 156 Mixed 118 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 220GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 88 54518960 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 657 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4052391 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 607 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 223 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 672923684 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18750 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 115964117028 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -108190226178236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10819163953 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22153151937	79.9% Very good	Read 108 Write 169 Mixed 76.5 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.53 179% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 108%
ADATA HD710 1TB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 414GB free, PID a15a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 93.3 Write 83.3 Mixed 21.5 77% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.18 55% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 45%
PATRIOT 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 258GB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 60.9 Write 53.9 Mixed 6.48 46% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.14 17% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 33%
ADATA HD710 640GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 126GB free, PID a15a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 56 Write 51.7 Mixed 10 45% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.34 56% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL9 Series 4x4GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.3% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.1 18% 6.33 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 92%

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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	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16