Asrock N68-S3 FX

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.48% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	20.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock N68-S3 FX (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120604
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '21 at 03:53
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Memory 79.5 1-Core 62.4 2-Core 112 53% 84.8 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 171 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PNY(196E 0974) 2GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.48% Terrible	Lighting 9.6 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 11.8 8% 11.6 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 10.8 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.48% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct480bx5 0 480GB 896 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 139 179 183 133 62 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	20.4% Poor	Read 191 Write 80.1 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 137 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 9.9 4K Mixed 0.4 7% 3.73 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 17.9 25% 43.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 83%
Fujitsu MHV2120BH PL 120GB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 111GB free Firmware: 892C SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 38.6 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 38.6 27% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 22%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 411GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 116 117 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 50 SusWrite 116 70% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 333, 333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 11.4 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.9 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 4%

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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 $269	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16