Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.5% 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	48.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 00:22
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 79.8 1-Core 65 2-Core 124 55% 89.6 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 260 32% 242 Pts	64-Core 291 18% 291 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368E) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 40.7 39% 44.6 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 37 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 190 100 1982 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1063 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3397 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3449 (A9) Unknown 100 100 15 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3416 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 223338299432 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 114 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 333840 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8319 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7620	48.5% Average	Read 370 Write 202 Mixed 236 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 2.38 68% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 96 DQ Mixed 3.26 20% 43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 78%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0911 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 26.2 Mixed 25 20% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 3.22 4K Mixed 0.51 164% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 87%
Seagate ST3400820AS 400GB 872 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 285GB free Firmware: 3.CHL Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3642 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 43 (07) Seek error rate 54 54 4681823840633 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1310 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 656670759 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 50 43034311 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41.1% Average	Read 72.3 Write 70.7 Mixed 26.3 41% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown R538G1609U1K 2x4GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 400 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 60%

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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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