Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37% 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	51.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 05:03
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 81.3 1-Core 51.4 2-Core 113 52% 82 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 241 28% 215 Pts	64-Core 244 15% 244 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3211) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 48.5 Reflection 32 Parallax 60.4 40% 47 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 40.2 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6819 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 405 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262156 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4164	51.3% Above average	Read 382 Write 260 Mixed 197 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 9.31 64% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 49.1 DQ Mixed 11 16% 29.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 101%
Intel 540s Series 1TB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 689GB free Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 42 42 120261836842 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 36326 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 36326 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19962 (F9) Unknown 100 100 855 (FC) Unknown 100 100 1	59% Above average	Read 363 Write 344 Mixed 307 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 14.3 73% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 14.2 19% 34 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1600KLN-8GK 4x4GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.7% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 11.6 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 94%

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

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 - $82

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	40x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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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Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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