Asrock FM2A55M-VG3+

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 43.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock FM2A55M-VG3+ (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 17:18
Run Duration	95 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A4-5300 APU-$36 7,032 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Memory 72.1 1-Core 54.4 2-Core 92.1 47% 72.9 Pts	4-Core 91 8-Core 82.2 12% 86.6 Pts	64-Core 80.8 5% 80.8 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 51%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (64) Unknown 100 100 25072 (65) Unknown 100 100 25520 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 14 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 693 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 146030329888 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 41 (EA) Unknown 100 100 24 (F1) Unknown 100 100 38 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	37.7% Below average	Read 240 Write 132 Mixed 138 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 10.1 52% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 17.8 36% 75.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 82%
Samsung HN-M101MBB 1TB-$45 3,466 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 1 1 33899 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 73 3465 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2393 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2513 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 104 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 334 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8083098 (BF) G-sense error rate 88 88 127825 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240518627363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 217 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 104 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 149398	58.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 90.6 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 SP008GBLTU160N01 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.1% Poor	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 8.6 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 10.3 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 96.6 41% 96.6 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 30%

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Asrock FM2A55M-VG3+

CPU
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	11x
A8-5600K APUAMD $250Bench 49%, 14,744 samples	7x
A4-6300 APUAMD $51Bench 40%, 10,924 samples	7x

GPU
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples	5x
Radeon HD 8370DAMDBench 2%, 5,124 samples	4x
Radeon HD 7560DAMDBench 4%, 10,029 samples	4x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x4GBKingstonBench 28%, 3,143 samples	4x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	3x
99U5471-020.A00LF 8GBKingstonBench 47%, 1,112 samples	3x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $172

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