Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '17 at 01:50
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 138 58% 96 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 376 38% 310 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.6% Good	Lighting 88.3 Reflection 92.4 Parallax 84.2 72% 88.3 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 80.8 Splatting 77.8 65% 79.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 110GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3920855 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 88785563958253 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 866 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 211 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 35 73016737820 (C2) HDA temperature 28 35 73016737820 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3920855 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3920855 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3920855 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8118 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1818 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1818 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1237	51.4% Above average	Read 291 Write 176 Mixed 218 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 16.3 90% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 16.6 25% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16315 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 902 (B1) Unknown 97 97 148 (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 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 830 (EB) Unknown 99 99 163 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39335259549	63.3% Good	Read 383 Write 273 Mixed 230 65% 295 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 21 94% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.3 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 23.1 31% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 119%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1172 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 440 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 72290 (C2) HDA temperature 118 112 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.1% Below average	Read 59.3 Write 59 Mixed 54.9 43% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.26 97% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 84%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 894GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 180 7933 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 20 20 58787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5477 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3487 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 626330 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1471 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 26% Great: 51%
WD WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 300GB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 49GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 215 212 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4216 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 32902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1637 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3850 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.1% Good	Read 112 Write 125 Mixed 26.5 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.55 150% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 79%
WD My Passport 0741 2TB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 97.3 Write 104 Mixed 71.2 116% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.9% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 9.7 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme3 - $82

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	40x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	39x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	22x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x
HD 7850AMD $174Bench 19%, 49,592 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	6x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $370

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16