Asrock 960GM-GS3 FX

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	20.2% 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	32.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock 960GM-GS3 FX (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110922
Uptime	19.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '17 at 13:09
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 82.3 1-Core 44.3 2-Core 93.4 48% 73.3 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 171 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 03D4) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 26.7 Reflection 18.7 Parallax 20.2 22% 21.9 fps	MRender 17.4 Gravity 18.7 Splatting 24.9 17% 20.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10302 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4979 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1855 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 250222 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 22779 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 92 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 298843 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 250222 (F2) Unknown 100 100 235592	32.6% Below average	Read 214 Write 129 Mixed 95.9 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 11.6 49% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 40.2 DQ Mixed 13.4 15% 23.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 48%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 12GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6024 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3419 (B1) Unknown 91 91 327 (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 70 45 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2748 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20321252849	36.8% Below average	Read 217 Write 175 Mixed 199 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 11.1 54% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 44.4 DQ Mixed 10.5 14% 25.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 86%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 93GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 171 7825 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2456 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1255 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 123599 (C2) HDA temperature 122 84 30 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 193 188 744	30.5% Below average	Read 62 Write 44 Mixed 53.1 40% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF 2x4GB 1,854 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM 533 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.5% Poor	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 9.6 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.9 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asrock 960GM-GS3 FX

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	15x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	9x
Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri)AMDBench 40%, 19,471 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	4x
Radeon HD 6770AMDBench 10%, 16,639 samples	3x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
Savage 240GBHyperX $120Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	2x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	2x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	5x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	3x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG 2x4GBNanyaBench 47%, 2,338 samples	2x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $273

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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