Asrock N68-S3 FX

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 45.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	49.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	20.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock N68-S3 FX (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120604
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 14:59
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 455-$90 3,733 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45.6% Average	Memory 73 1-Core 48.4 2-Core 87.1 45% 69.5 Pts	4-Core 102 8-Core 140 15% 121 Pts	64-Core 134 8% 134 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.7% Average	Lighting 61.2 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 63.2 50% 63.5 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 59.1 Splatting 53.1 49% 61.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 103 111 108 106 110 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20.7% Poor	Read 97.2 Write 74 Mixed 60 SusWrite 104 19% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 7.9 29% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 8 DQ Write 59.1 DQ Mixed 24.8 22% 30.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 100%
Samsung HM251JI 250GB 908 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 50GB free Firmware: 2SS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 12 9.7 9 9.4 9.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.26% Terrible	Read 4.2 Write 11.5 Mixed 8.7 SusWrite 10.6 6% 8.75 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 4.26% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-016.A00LF 99U5474-041.A00LF 8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.4% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 10.3 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 7.1 16% 5.5 GB/s	Latency 94.6 42% 94.6 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Asrock N68-S3 FX

CPU
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	32x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	25x
Athlon II X2 270AMD $20Bench 43%, 6,369 samples	7x

GPU
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 5,527 samples	15x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	10x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	6x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
PLUS 120 120GBSandiskBench 39%, 8 samples	4x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	3x

RAM
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	19x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	3x
99U5471-054.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 12,132 samples	2x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $101

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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