Asrock 990FX Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.8% 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	41.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 990FX Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 19:35
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	23%

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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 57.9 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 136 51% 89 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 398 38% 316 Pts	64-Core 397 24% 397 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 48.1 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 40.5 39% 44.5 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 42 Splatting 37.3 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 76 96 57 83 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 375 Write 285 Mixed 186 SusWrite 77.4 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 12.5 64% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 18.6 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 0.2 16% 35.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 70%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 48GB free Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 76 69 74 84 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 345 Write 292 Mixed 147 SusWrite 79.9 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 26.6 98% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 35.6 34% 52.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 71GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 75 70 75 84 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 90 Write 86.5 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 80 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 138GB free Firmware: 4.AAB SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 75 74 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 74.5 Write 40.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 74.2 43% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.5% Very poor	MC Read 6.4 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 6 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 69%

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

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Gaming 33%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme3 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	54x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	43x

GPU
R9 290AMD $399Bench 46%, 68,699 samples	15x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $39Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	14x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	5x

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Value: 40% - Below average

Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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