Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 3% 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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '23 at 02:16
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 78.9 1-Core 55.8 2-Core 98.2 50% 77.6 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 291 29% 234 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5500 5,613 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Device(1545 5550) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	2.78% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 4 Parallax 3.4 3% 3.6 fps	MRender 2.9 Gravity 2.9 Splatting 4.1 3% 3.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.78% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 878GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 54 57 57 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 141 Write 181 Mixed 26.4 SusWrite 55.2 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 338% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3500630NS 500GB-$53 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 466GB free Firmware: 3.AEK SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 55 57 57 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 74.7 Write 60.1 Mixed 40.1 SusWrite 56.1 42% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown YXS1866C10D3/8G 4x8GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	50	21	60	23"	1280 720	VSC342C VX2370 SERIES

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 - $82

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	40x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16