Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 55.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	49.5% 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	25.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '17 at 15:42
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Memory 78.1 1-Core 57.5 2-Core 108 51% 81 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 239 27% 212 Pts	64-Core 242 15% 242 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PwrHis(1787 2343) ≥ 4GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Lighting 60.2 Reflection 57.3 Parallax 72.4 49% 63.3 fps	MRender 56.4 Gravity 51 Splatting 72.5 50% 60 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD 256GB-$150 2,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9309 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2944 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 63 (AE) Unknown 100 100 165 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 210 (E8) Unknown 96 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 734 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14590714452 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14561460693	25.8% Poor	Read 321 Write 81.2 Mixed 39 31% 147 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 7.86 4K Mixed 3.03 28% 8.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 54%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 126GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 90 5 (03) Spinup time 84 84 5570 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5831 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5673 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 90 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 153 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2471 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 53 285868049 (C2) HDA temperature 80 52 336199700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 273159 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 485 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46.6% Average	Read 73.3 Write 88.7 Mixed 70.2 58% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-034.A00LF BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 99U5471-034.A00LF BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.3% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.5 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 48%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical 970 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 273 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

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 $90Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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