Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	44.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '21 at 09:06
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	40% Average	Memory 60.3 1-Core 35.8 2-Core 58.2 35% 51.4 Pts	4-Core 108 8-Core 178 18% 143 Pts	64-Core 233 14% 233 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% PowerColor(148C 2373) CLim: 1270 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	44.3% Average	Lighting 55.4 Reflection 59.8 Parallax 75.6 45% 63.6 fps	MRender 58.7 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 43.7 43% 53.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 173 173 177 176 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 380 Write 345 Mixed 304 SusWrite 174 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 33.7 110% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 46.4 40% 56.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 98 114 93 109 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 34.1 Write 47.1 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 99.3 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 68% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 292GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 173 173 177 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 173 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 174 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 2x4GB 625 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	23.8% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.5 GB/s	Latency 127 32% 127 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	4	0	60	20"	1600 900	ACR020B Acer S202HL

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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 $37Bench 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 $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