Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 21:45
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 83.8 1-Core 48.6 2-Core 98.2 50% 76.9 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 184 23% 177 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 69.8 68% 77.7 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 76.4 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 57GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5723 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 572 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327702 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7089	51.2% Above average	Read 376 Write 265 Mixed 258 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 8.68 65% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 39.2 DQ Mixed 8.66 13% 24.6 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24008 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 648 (B1) Unknown 79 79 245 (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 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 226 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35678942962	39% Below average	Read 356 Write 51 Mixed 95.2 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 8.47 68% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 79.1 DQ Mixed 9.26 19% 37.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 667, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.7% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 11.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.8 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 46%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $289	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16