Asrock 970DE3/U3S3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 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 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.45% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970DE3/U3S3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 18:40
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 80 1-Core 59.4 2-Core 114 53% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 259 29% 227 Pts	64-Core 257 16% 257 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 025E) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	9.45% Terrible	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 8.88 10% 10.5 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 8.37 Splatting 13.7 9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.45% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 48 48 47 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 60 Write 58.7 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 46.9 41% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 353GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 161 161 163 162 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 130 Write 121 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 161 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.7% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.7 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 76%

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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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Gaming 17%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock 970DE3/U3S3

CPU
FX-6350 Six-CoreAMD $100Bench 59%, 29,222 samples	8x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	8x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	11x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x
RX 460AMD $90Bench 20%, 64,240 samples	3x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	7x
JAJS600M128C 128GBBench 66%, 988 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	2x
FLFG45F-D8KQ9 1x8GBKingmaxBench 27%, 115 samples	2x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $308

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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