Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 59.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.91% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '16 at 02:16
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Memory 86.8 1-Core 49.8 2-Core 98.9 51% 78.5 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 189 25% 190 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% XFX(1682 2390) 896MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4192 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 8.62 Parallax 4.69 9% 8.05 fps	MRender 8.52 Gravity 8.37 Splatting 6.13 6% 7.67 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 131GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118299141 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4265262 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8220 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 51 370475029 (C2) HDA temperature 21 49 51539607573 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 38 118299141 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.1% Average	Read 72.8 Write 77.3 Mixed 26.8 43% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 61%
Fujitsu MHW2120BH 120GB-$32 1,252 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 80GB free Firmware: 00930013 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 160 149 975 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5908 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 96 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1855 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 332 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 97480 (C2) HDA temperature 115 80 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	25% Poor	Read 43.3 Write 43.5 Mixed 18.7 26% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.3 88% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 33%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 20GB free Firmware: GG2OA7J0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7298 (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 51 51 21544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1520 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 351913 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 184683659293 (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	23.7% Poor	Read 58.8 Write 23.9 Mixed 7.03 22% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.17 45% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 58%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 184 2925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 656 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 525 (C2) HDA temperature 113 90 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	33.7% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 50.6 Mixed 13.7 32% 43.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.14 41% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.6% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 11 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.3 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 60%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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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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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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