Asrock 990FX Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.9% 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	80% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock 990FX Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '17 at 07:06
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 below expectations (29^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 66.6 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 141 54% 92.9 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 433 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 47.1 32% 40.4 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 39.8 29% 34.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2939 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4420 (B1) Unknown 96 96 120 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17950830320	80% Excellent	Read 511 Write 447 Mixed 459 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 21.4 100% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 18.9 24% 40.7 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 673GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 63366752 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30021481 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1364 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 68 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 677 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3633 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 68719476763 (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 9375913608898 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16844374861 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10254332816	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 185 Mixed 159 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 5.48 4K Mixed 0.82 231% 2.41 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	28.1% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 31%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme9 - $218

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	48x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	27x
FX-9370AMD $194Bench 62%, 9,054 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x
R9 290AMD $399Bench 46%, 68,699 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
PM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 2,882 samples	4x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 16GBUnknownBench 29%, 10 samples	4x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 58%, 5,634 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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