Asrock 970 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 20:58
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 840-$150 5,147 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 56 2-Core 112 51% 81.6 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 226 30% 225 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 127 Parallax 127 80% 118 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
INTENSO 256GB 4,055 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 114 65 64 66 64 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.7% Below average	Read 191 Write 158 Mixed 160 SusWrite 98.4 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 17.6 67% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 46.5 DQ Mixed 24.6 21% 30.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2.5TB free Firmware: MEAOA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 113 113 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 112 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 256GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 99 98 98 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	61% Good	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 98.3 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-011.A01LF 4x2GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.4% Poor	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 7.9 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 53%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $47Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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