Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '16 at 03:24
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 70.6 2-Core 128 58% 93.9 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 353 34% 281 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 111 Parallax 92.7 80% 101 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 97.4 78% 94.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 140 100 908 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1734 (A6) Unknown 100 100 253 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 302 (A9) Unknown 100 100 29 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 296 (AE) Unknown 100 100 371 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 261993005086 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 9 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 9 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 61086 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18841 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18170	61% Good	Read 287 Write 394 Mixed 439 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 5.12 75% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 99.5 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 4.7 33% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 926GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72023200 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3042 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51677225 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1720 (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 73 63 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 272 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40836 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (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 -139217069930081 (F1) Unknown 100 253 67336952486 (F2) Unknown 100 253 652548966374	92.9% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 162 Mixed 162 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 119GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 160 159 4983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1521 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1183 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1516 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.2% Average	Read 86.3 Write 74.5 Mixed 93 64% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 851GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 108 Write 105 Mixed 84 125% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.26 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 205GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 68.3 Write 67.2 Mixed 52.2 79% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.13 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-027.A00LF 9905584-032.A00LF 9905584-027.A00LF 9905584-032.A00LF 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.5% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 60%

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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	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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Total price: $517

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16