Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.5% 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	14.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 19:10
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 76.8 1-Core 66.5 2-Core 129 55% 90.6 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 384 37% 305 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% MSI(1462 277C) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 54.2 35% 43 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 38.3 30% 36.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 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 95 95 13458107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -117175297759240 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2499 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 143 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 50 1013615558685 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 1013615558685 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13458107 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13458107 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13458107 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16100 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17065 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17065 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17815	14.2% Very poor	Read 140 Write 74.6 Mixed 85.7 22% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 4.08 4K Mixed 6.8 11% 3.71 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 73%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 51GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 180 7758 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4559 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15237 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3637 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4559 (C2) HDA temperature 115 84 37 (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 200 197 1427 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.7% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 52.3 Mixed 22.5 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.06 11% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 52%
Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 64GB-$47 392 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 57GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 195 Write 67.8 Mixed 53 108% 105 MB/s	4K Read 5.79 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.59 53% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 60%
Kingmax USB2.0 FlashDisk 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 2GB free, PID 3254 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	5.51% Terrible	Read 26.9 Write 6.51 Mixed 10.3 15% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 3% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.51% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 9.2 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7.3 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 62%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $175Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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