Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive52.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock 970 Extreme3  (all builds)
Memory6.4 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130731
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 11 '17 at 21:06
Run Duration187 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8320-$129
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
68.3% Good
Memory 87.9
1-Core 76.2
2-Core 143
63% 102 Pts
4-Core 264
8-Core 476
44% 370 Pts
64-Core 479
30% 479 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 68.3%
Great: 65%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
60.4% Good
Lighting 74.9
Reflection 78.4
Parallax 67.3
61% 73.6 fps
MRender 72.3
Gravity 70.7
Splatting 73.5
59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 60.4%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingdian S400 120GB
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM21.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
52.3% Above average
Read 290
Write 273
Mixed 173
55% 246 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 58.6
4K Mixed 6.99
78% 30.3 MB/s
DQ Read 26.6
DQ Write 68.2
DQ Mixed 7.02
17% 34 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 52.3%
Great: 97%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB
11GB free, PID 5567
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
15.2% Very poor
Read 39.3
Write 9.04
Mixed 16.1
22% 21.5 MB/s
4K Read 5.32
4K Write 2.04
4K Mixed 1.53
141% 2.96 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 15.2%
Great: 17%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown OCZ3G1333LV2G 10GB
667, 667, 667 MHz
4096, 4096, 2048 MB
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
27.4% Poor
MC Read 9
MC Write 8.6
MC Mixed 7.7
24% 8.43 GB/s
SC Read 8.5
SC Write 8.3
SC Mixed 9
25% 8.6 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 19%
This bench: 27.4%
Great: 31%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 970 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 273 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 - $82

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $370
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