Asrock 960GM/U3S3 FX

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	76.7% 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	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 960GM/U3S3 FX (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120521
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 05:55
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 83.8 1-Core 15.2 2-Core 30 35% 43 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 66.1 21% 135 Pts	64-Core 75.2 5% 75.2 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 107 Parallax 101 77% 101 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 93 Splatting 90.5 76% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (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 40045 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1454 (E8) Unknown 100 100 23132265940 (E9) Unknown 96 0 96	58.2% Above average	Read 343 Write 319 Mixed 322 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 14.8 73% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 17 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 15.2 29% 53.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 104%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 650GB free Firmware: 03.00C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5775 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17938 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 187 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 61309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3810 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17938 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 33 (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 200 200 14 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.8% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 96.9 Mixed 32.5 55% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.36 105% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series00 1866 CL10 Series00 16GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 333, 333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 9.5 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.6 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 51%

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

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Asrock 960GM/U3S3 FX - $131

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	40x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	7x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	4x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	4x

SSD
Burst 120GBPatriotBench 66%, 15,567 samples	4x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	4x
VERTEX3 60GBOCZBench 60%, 3,574 samples	2x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	3x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 8GBUnknownBench 38%, 2,343 samples	3x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $247

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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