Asrock 970 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.96% 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.
Boot Drive	52.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150805
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '18 at 02:08
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 77.5 1-Core 53.8 2-Core 105 50% 78.7 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 238 26% 203 Pts	64-Core 227 14% 227 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3107) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.96% Terrible	Lighting 13.4 Reflection 8.81 Parallax 10.9 11% 11.1 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 8.87 Splatting 11.3 8% 9.61 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 9.96% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 241 229 227 206 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 300 Write 338 Mixed 189 SusWrite 230 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 22.4 77% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 77.7 DQ Mixed 43.8 36% 50.6 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 96.2 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 92 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 14GB free Firmware: 3.ADJ SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 64 65 65 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 60.7 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 64.7 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 40%
TOSHIBA MK3263GS 320GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 298GB free, PID 1066 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 71.2 Write 71.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 72 86% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 12GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 12.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 8.4 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 85.3 47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 56%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16