Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.8% 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	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 17:09
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 70.2 2-Core 130 60% 96 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 287 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 228F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 60.4 Parallax 78.6 52% 67.8 fps	MRender 59.9 Gravity 54.2 Splatting 76.7 53% 63.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5016 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1831 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 235 (A9) Unknown 100 100 214 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 122 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 53 227634249756 (D4) Unknown 100 100 781 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1030 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15990 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7456 (F2) Unknown 253 253 20944 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	49.4% Average	Read 364 Write 176 Mixed 202 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 9.94 78% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 57 DQ Mixed 9.84 16% 30.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 91%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 185GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 0 (03) Spinup time 166 162 4675 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8707 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4265 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 835 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8707 (C2) HDA temperature 118 94 29 (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 200 199 68 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.1% Average	Read 84.3 Write 79.5 Mixed 70.9 59% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.48 125% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 369GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 57.3 Write 59.6 Mixed 57 75% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.19 53% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 49%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 119GB free, PID 022b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 35.1 Write 30.9 Mixed 17.4 34% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.22 35% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 62%

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Gaming 34%

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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 $109Bench 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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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