Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.1%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160531
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '17 at 18:35
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-8370-$125 11,162 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.1% Good	SC Int 90.5 SC Float 78.2 SC Mixed 85.7 68% 84.8 Pts	QC Int 354 QC Float 306 QC Mixed 330 75% 330 Pts	MC Int 564 MC Float 482 MC Mixed 549 80% 532 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$304 36,797 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Gigabyte(1458 22BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 205 Reflection 159 Parallax 276 71% 214 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 165 Splatting 177 65% 156 fps
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$296 18,293 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 377GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 51 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 23 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 77 63 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 215497373	52.7% Above average	Read 381 Write 149 Mixed 217 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 16.1 89% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 15.9 22% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$95 299,014 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1185 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 336 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3023238584	57.4% Above average	Read 299 Write 312 Mixed 280 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 15.7 84% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 41.8 DQ Mixed 17.7 18% 29.5 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 16.7 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 12.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 53%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 - $97

CPU
FX-6300AMD $60Bench 46%, 104,668 samples	1,006x
FX-8350AMD $87Bench 55%, 135,116 samples	919x
FX-8320AMD $90Bench 50%, 48,821 samples	648x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $270Bench 72%, 333,320 samples	219x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 316,961 samples	192x
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 40%, 154,615 samples	190x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 105%, 299,014 samples	250x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 53%, 126,105 samples	205x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $120Bench 114%, 219,138 samples	79x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 30,954 samples	148x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 16,038 samples	134x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 55%, 19,137 samples	115x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $370	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $95
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $120
Intel Core i5-8600K $245	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $155	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $80
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $901	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $175	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12