Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 55.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.79% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '19 at 14:35
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Memory 81.7 1-Core 46.5 2-Core 92.3 48% 73.5 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 187 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2127) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.79% Terrible	Lighting 0.87 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 1.03 1% 1.09 fps	MRender 1.29 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 1.48 1% 1.14 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.79% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 16GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 48 50 54 49 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.4% Above average	Read 248 Write 208 Mixed 202 SusWrite 47.1 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 33.1 112% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 89.8 DQ Mixed 35.7 34% 51.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 84%
Samsung HD103UI 1TB 1,652 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 37 45 49 53 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 81.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 45.3 45% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 51%
Intenso External USB 3.0 6TB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 5TB free Firmware: 1405 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 30 29 29 30 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 26.3 Write 25.8 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 29.1 20% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 211% 2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 88%
VB0160EAVEQ 160GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 149GB free Firmware: HPG0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 85 87 85 87 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 70.5 Write 73 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 84.3 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 58%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 85 87 85 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 86.5 Write 75.3 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 84.3 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 4,223 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 11 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

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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	110x
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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16