Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	24.1% 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	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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 07:34
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Memory 73.8 1-Core 40 2-Core 80.6 43% 64.8 Pts	4-Core 159 8-Core 234 24% 196 Pts	64-Core 234 14% 234 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8569) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.1% Poor	Lighting 28.9 Reflection 33.4 Parallax 29.9 24% 30.7 fps	MRender 34 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 28.2 25% 31 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB 15,164 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 103 111 101 95 91 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 274 Write 251 Mixed 218 SusWrite 113 160% 214 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 8.6 1,526% 8.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 160%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 222GB free Firmware: MS1OA600 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 133 131 130 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 118 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 128 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-011.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 7.1 20% 7.17 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 6.6 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical 970 Extreme3 R2.0 Builds (Compare 463 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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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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