Asrock 990FX Extreme9

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	54.1% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 990FX Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160329
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 02:49
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 144 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 412 42% 340 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 240GB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 222 91 198 150 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 319 Write 150 Mixed 133 SusWrite 175 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 21.6 91% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 55.9 DQ Write 79.1 DQ Mixed 159 95% 98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 120%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 177 182 181 179 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 122 Mixed 71 SusWrite 179 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 16.6 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 72%

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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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Typical 990FX Extreme9 Builds (Compare 104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 31%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 25%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme9 - $218

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	48x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	27x
FX-9370AMD $194Bench 62%, 9,054 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x
R9 290AMD $399Bench 46%, 68,699 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
PM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 2,882 samples	4x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 16GBUnknownBench 29%, 10 samples	4x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 58%, 5,634 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $657

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 $177	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