Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	13.4% 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.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 20:47
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core-$81 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	48% Average	Memory 77.7 1-Core 51.9 2-Core 71.5 46% 67 Pts	4-Core 108 8-Core 118 15% 113 Pts	64-Core 113 7% 113 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E214) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 16.6 Parallax 22.5 14% 18.5 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 18.7 13% 15.8 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 385 Write 338 Mixed 229 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 25.5 85% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 78.4 DQ Write 47.5 DQ Mixed 58.7 45% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 107%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 379GB free Firmware: SD1B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 110 Write 47.3 Mixed 55.3 53% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 66%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 30 Write 28.7 Mixed 24.8 35% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBRL F3-12800CL9-2GBRL Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 8GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.7% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 12.9 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10.9 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns

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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 $38Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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