Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 50.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131111
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 11:18
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Memory 71.5 1-Core 48.4 2-Core 97.9 46% 72.6 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 182 23% 176 Pts	64-Core 183 11% 183 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% PwrHis(1787 2311) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.78% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.31 Parallax 2 2% 2.21 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 1.7 Splatting 2 2% 1.85 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.78% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6961 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1976 (B1) Unknown 98 98 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 54 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 152 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11871697268	69.8% Good	Read 483 Write 317 Mixed 335 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 19.2 89% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 87.1 DQ Mixed 43.8 49% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 377GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897484979 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6343 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2850 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6447 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6447 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188979281955 (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	67.8% Good	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 112 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 77%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 33GB free Firmware: 07.04C07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 161 4725 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7159 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4120 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 439 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7063 (C2) HDA temperature 105 97 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.8% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 77.8 Mixed 85.2 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer AP38G1608U2K 2x4GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.6% Poor	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 11 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 7.9 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 97.9 41% 97.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 22%

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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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16