Asrock 890GX Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 890GX Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110926
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 04:42
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 X2 555 4,836 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 85.8 1-Core 45.1 2-Core 88.2 49% 73 Pts	4-Core 89.8 8-Core 88.6 12% 89.2 Pts	64-Core 88.6 6% 88.6 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4290 1,024 User benchmarks, average bench 1% ASRock(1849 9714) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.76% Terrible	Lighting 0.9 Reflection 1.85 Parallax 0.44 1% 1.06 fps	MRender 1.1 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.57 1% 0.93 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.76% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 467 Write 347 Mixed 348 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 24.9 108% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 46.1 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 25.1 33% 57.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 155GB free Firmware: 12.0 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 86.9 Write 66.6 Mixed 15.6 41% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.37 115% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Backup+ Desktop 4TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3TB free, PID ab42 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 150 Write 143 Mixed 114 171% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C7 2x2GB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 10.2 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.2 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 63%

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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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Typical 890GX Pro3 Builds (Compare 12 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock 890GX Pro3

CPU
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	7x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	2x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	2x

GPU
HD 6950AMD $290Bench 19%, 24,657 samples	3x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	2x
Radeon HD 4290ATIBench 1%, 1,024 samples	2x

SSD
BX500 120GBCrucial $15Bench 55%, 37,154 samples	3x
330 Series 240GBIntelBench 74%, 1,960 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
51264Y133I HYN Corsair CM3X2G1333C9 Corsair CMV4GX3M1A1600C11 Corsair CM3X2G1333C9 12GBUnknownBench 24%, 2 samples	2x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	2x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	1x

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Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $545

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $28	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