Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 22 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120830
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 11:34
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	54%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 80 1-Core 55.7 2-Core 105 51% 80.3 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 321 30% 251 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.9% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 93.5 Parallax 110 65% 94.4 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 109 Splatting 73 74% 93.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1829 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1166 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240519348260	35.1% Below average	Read 345 Write 124 Mixed 165 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 18.9 4K Mixed 6.15 44% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 30.1 DQ Mixed 5.65 10% 19.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 26787456 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1911 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 4383056884 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1875 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538509344 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 72926 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 51539607584 (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 -77648713737729 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16106799790 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20713610056	96.3% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 158 Mixed 147 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.3 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 114%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 538GB free Firmware: JE4OA60B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2514 (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 54 54 20202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 636 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1566335 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 249109020703 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	49.7% Average	Read 87.4 Write 85.9 Mixed 52.7 56% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.18 60% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL F3-14900CL10-8GBXL F3-12800CL9-2GBRL Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 22GB 667, 667, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.9% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 12.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.9 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 - $107

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	127x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	73x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	59x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Evo 120GBSamsung $80Bench 96%, 69,224 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $396

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 $182	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) $30	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