Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	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 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 47.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150805
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 10:49
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	33%

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 Athlon II X4 620 5,981 User benchmarks, average bench 44% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	47.4% Average	Memory 65 1-Core 44.2 2-Core 87.6 42% 65.6 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 174 23% 174 Pts	64-Core 174 11% 174 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 27,834 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(0000 0000) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	2.17% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 4.42 Parallax 0.84 2% 2.59 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 1.77 Splatting 3.13 2% 2.97 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.17% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4751 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 850 (B1) Unknown 97 97 50 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 44 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24569839069	87.7% Excellent	Read 487 Write 381 Mixed 402 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 34.3 125% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 66.4 71% 120 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 285GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2807 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10457 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5599 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1688 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8768 (C2) HDA temperature 106 83 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 176 175 1982 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.3% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 82.2 Mixed 83.3 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.42 90% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 69%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 306GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 8959 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8379 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18137 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3686 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 44 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 41 253403988003 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 15163 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8448	77.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 142 Mixed 128 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.48 125% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 75%

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 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.4% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 9.2 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 6.1 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 - $107

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	127x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	73x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	59x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Evo 120GBSamsung $80Bench 96%, 69,224 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $396

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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