Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '18 at 04:37
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 X3 710 965 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Memory 76.7 1-Core 33.7 2-Core 67.4 41% 59.3 Pts	4-Core 92.5 8-Core 95.3 12% 93.9 Pts	64-Core 103 6% 103 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Microsoft Virtual Disk 107GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 39 40 41 41 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 100 Write 95.3 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 40.2 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 445GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 39 40 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 128 Write 174 Mixed 102 SusWrite 40.2 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1333 Kingmax FLFE85F-B8KL9 Kingston 9905471-001.A01LF 8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.8% Poor	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.1 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 33%

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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 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	155x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	110x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	65x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	43x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	24x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

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) $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