Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130729
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 21:33
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	80%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 59.4 2-Core 121 56% 89.3 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 414 38% 320 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PowerColor(148C 2336) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 46.3 32% 40 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 32.3 Splatting 39.1 28% 33.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8585491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -94257352273240 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2632 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 316 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 528 (BD) vendor-specific 28 42 42952425500 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 42952425500 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8585491 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8585491 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8585491 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12449 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14490 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14490 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13753	50.5% Above average	Read 271 Write 202 Mixed 209 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 14 85% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 14.8 23% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 484GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112948144 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3755 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6330657 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2582 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 487915549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16971 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 38654705693 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1236950580844 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9738166204 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6867117907	74.2% Very good	Read 116 Write 142 Mixed 77.8 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 50GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141478827 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 336 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 320690318 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1080 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65546 (BD) vendor-specific 59 59 41 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 454295578 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 38654705690 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 29 141478827 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	34.8% Below average	Read 59.6 Write 61.5 Mixed 19.6 34% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.41 91% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 4x4GB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.6% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 84%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	157x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 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 $278Bench 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 $36Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359