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I decided to upgrade the CPU from an FX-6100 to an FX-6300 because I saw that two people had done so with the Asrock 770 Extreme 3 and posted to userbenchmark. With the knowledge that the CPU would work, I went hunting for one at a sane price on eBay. I determined I would not pay over $35 including shipping, and finally got one.
Why the FX-6300? It's the fastest 95W TDP six core AM3+ CPU that was made.
After running all these benchmark tests (I also ran SiSoft Sandra's CPU tests, which took forever and the report files are large so not included here) I found that for the $35 I got a decent speed boost overall. Especially surprising was the *very* good video and RAM performance improvement. Apparently the FX-6100 was being a bottleneck.
Except for the FX-6100 userbenchmark test, the only hardware changed was the CPU. I had a different hard drive configuration for the old userbenchmark test, which should not have an impact on anything directly related to the CPU change.
The one area that saw next to zero improvement is HEVC or x265 video encoding. Only single digit frames per second faster in that benchmark. Real use with VidCoder has been a bit better. That's the one aspect I was hoping for significant improvement but it's only about as much better at it than the FX-6100 was over a Phenom II x4.
Then after posting the userbenchmark scores, I saw there's one peron who posted a test on this board with an FX-8320. This board isn't supposed to support 8 core CPUS! If I wanted to burn the extra electrons I likely could have gone for the fastest 8 core 125W TDP FX-8370 CPU. https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/7804069
System specifications
Asrock 770 Extreme 3. 8 GB DDR3 Patriot PSD32G13332. Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX1050 GP107 Rev A1 2 GB DDR5.
Windows 10 Pro x64 Version 1809
Cinebench R15.0
FX-6100 CPU 369 GPU 64.52
FX-6300 CPU 413 GPU 71.11
RealBench 2.56
FX-6100
Image Editing
59,402
Time:89.6934
Encoding
31,720
Time:167.968
OpenCL
39,442
KSamples/sec: 7315
FX-6300
Image Editing
61,956
Time:85.9953
Encoding
35,324
Time:150.831
OpenCL
39,442
KSamples/sec: 7332
FX-6100 Novabench Score: 1102
1/17/2019 6:29 PM
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
CPU: AMD FX-6100 Six-Core running at 3.35GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
CPU Score
465
Float Ops: 109796562
Integer Ops: 468692874
Hash Ops: 941654
RAM Score - 8GB
165
RAM Speed: 8525 MB/s
GPU Score
443
Direct3D11: 46 FPS
OpenCL: 2059 GFLOPS
Disk Score
29
Write Speed: 97 MB/s
Read Speed: 123 MB/s
FX-6300 Novabench Score: 1322
1/20/2019 12:01 PM
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
CPU: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core running at 3.6GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
CPU Score
539
Float Ops: 137407855
Integer Ops: 469707042
Hash Ops: 1172222
RAM Score - 8GB
169
RAM Speed: 9502 MB/s
GPU Score
584
Direct3D11: 66 FPS
OpenCL: 2074 GFLOPS
Disk Score
30
Write Speed: 120 MB/s
Read Speed: 110 MB/s
Geekbench
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/compare/11689720?baseline=11729040
Userbenchmark
FX-6100
The hard drive performing way above expectations is because it was in a straiped pair
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/12969408
FX-6300
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/14009937
FX-6100
x265 HD BENCHMARK 0.1.4 RESULTS
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Results for x265.exe build 1.4+5
x265 Benchmark: 64-bit
==========================
CRF-20 preset-"fast"
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encoded 1128 frames in 153.99s (7.33 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
encoded 1128 frames in 154.64s (7.29 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
encoded 1128 frames in 156.35s (7.21 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
encoded 1128 frames in 155.83s (7.24 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
System Details
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Name AMD FX-6100
Codename Zambezi
Specification AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor
Core Stepping OR-B2
Technology 32 nm
Stock frequency 3300 MHz
Core Speed 1403.1 MHz
Northbridge AMD 770 rev. 00
Southbridge AMD SB700 rev. 00
CAS# latency (CL) 9.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 9
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9
Cycle Time (tRAS) 24
Memory Frequency 668.1 MHz (3:10)
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 8176 MBytes
Channels Dual
Windows Version Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Professional 64-bit (Build 17763)
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 6
Number of threads 6 (max 6)
L2 cache 3 x 2048 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Instructions sets MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA4
Package Socket AM3+ (942)
Package Type 0x1
Temperature 0 40 degC (104 degF) (Package)
Power 0 28.50 W (Package)
Temperature 0 40 degC (104 degF) (Package)
Temperature 0 46 degC (114 degF) [0x2E] (SYSTIN)
Temperature 1 57 degC (133 degF) [0x71] (CPUTIN)
Temperature 2 125 degC (256 degF) [0xF9] (AUXTIN)
FX-6300
x265 HD BENCHMARK 0.1.4 RESULTS
Please do NOT compare it with older versions of the benchmark!
Please copy/paste everything below the line to to report your
data to http://x265.ru/x265-hd-benchmark/
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Results for x265.exe build 1.4+5
x265 Benchmark: 64-bit
==========================
CRF-20 preset-"fast"
--------------------
encoded 1128 frames in 134.36s (8.40 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
encoded 1128 frames in 134.44s (8.39 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
encoded 1128 frames in 134.61s (8.38 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
encoded 1128 frames in 135.55s (8.32 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
System Details
--------------
Name AMD FX-6300
Codename Vishera
Specification AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
Core Stepping OR-C0
Technology 32 nm
Stock frequency 3500 MHz
Core Speed 4107.5 MHz
Northbridge AMD 770 rev. 00
Southbridge AMD SB700 rev. 00
CAS# latency (CL) 9.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 9
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9
Cycle Time (tRAS) 24
Memory Frequency 720.6 MHz (3:10)
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 8176 MBytes
Channels Dual
Windows Version Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Professional 64-bit (Build 17763)
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 6
Number of threads 6 (max 6)
L2 cache 3 x 2048 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Instructions sets MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4
Package Socket AM3+ (942)
Package Type 0x1
Temperature 0 42 degC (108 degF) (Package)
Power 0 31.30 W (Package)
Temperature 0 42 degC (108 degF) (Package)
Temperature 0 45 degC (112 degF) [0x2D] (SYSTIN)
Temperature 1 57 degC (133 degF) [0x71] (CPUTIN)
Temperature 2 117 degC (242 degF) [0xEA] (AUXTIN)
Why the FX-6300? It's the fastest 95W TDP six core AM3+ CPU that was made.
After running all these benchmark tests (I also ran SiSoft Sandra's CPU tests, which took forever and the report files are large so not included here) I found that for the $35 I got a decent speed boost overall. Especially surprising was the *very* good video and RAM performance improvement. Apparently the FX-6100 was being a bottleneck.
Except for the FX-6100 userbenchmark test, the only hardware changed was the CPU. I had a different hard drive configuration for the old userbenchmark test, which should not have an impact on anything directly related to the CPU change.
The one area that saw next to zero improvement is HEVC or x265 video encoding. Only single digit frames per second faster in that benchmark. Real use with VidCoder has been a bit better. That's the one aspect I was hoping for significant improvement but it's only about as much better at it than the FX-6100 was over a Phenom II x4.
Then after posting the userbenchmark scores, I saw there's one peron who posted a test on this board with an FX-8320. This board isn't supposed to support 8 core CPUS! If I wanted to burn the extra electrons I likely could have gone for the fastest 8 core 125W TDP FX-8370 CPU. https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/7804069
System specifications
Asrock 770 Extreme 3. 8 GB DDR3 Patriot PSD32G13332. Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX1050 GP107 Rev A1 2 GB DDR5.
Windows 10 Pro x64 Version 1809
Cinebench R15.0
FX-6100 CPU 369 GPU 64.52
FX-6300 CPU 413 GPU 71.11
RealBench 2.56
FX-6100
Image Editing
59,402
Time:89.6934
Encoding
31,720
Time:167.968
OpenCL
39,442
KSamples/sec: 7315
FX-6300
Image Editing
61,956
Time:85.9953
Encoding
35,324
Time:150.831
OpenCL
39,442
KSamples/sec: 7332
FX-6100 Novabench Score: 1102
1/17/2019 6:29 PM
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
CPU: AMD FX-6100 Six-Core running at 3.35GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
CPU Score
465
Float Ops: 109796562
Integer Ops: 468692874
Hash Ops: 941654
RAM Score - 8GB
165
RAM Speed: 8525 MB/s
GPU Score
443
Direct3D11: 46 FPS
OpenCL: 2059 GFLOPS
Disk Score
29
Write Speed: 97 MB/s
Read Speed: 123 MB/s
FX-6300 Novabench Score: 1322
1/20/2019 12:01 PM
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
CPU: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core running at 3.6GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
CPU Score
539
Float Ops: 137407855
Integer Ops: 469707042
Hash Ops: 1172222
RAM Score - 8GB
169
RAM Speed: 9502 MB/s
GPU Score
584
Direct3D11: 66 FPS
OpenCL: 2074 GFLOPS
Disk Score
30
Write Speed: 120 MB/s
Read Speed: 110 MB/s
Geekbench
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/compare/11689720?baseline=11729040
Userbenchmark
FX-6100
The hard drive performing way above expectations is because it was in a straiped pair
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/12969408
FX-6300
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/14009937
FX-6100
x265 HD BENCHMARK 0.1.4 RESULTS
Please do NOT compare it with older versions of the benchmark!
Please copy/paste everything below the line to to report your
data to http://x265.ru/x265-hd-benchmark/
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Results for x265.exe build 1.4+5
x265 Benchmark: 64-bit
==========================
CRF-20 preset-"fast"
--------------------
encoded 1128 frames in 153.99s (7.33 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
encoded 1128 frames in 154.64s (7.29 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
encoded 1128 frames in 156.35s (7.21 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
encoded 1128 frames in 155.83s (7.24 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
System Details
--------------
Name AMD FX-6100
Codename Zambezi
Specification AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor
Core Stepping OR-B2
Technology 32 nm
Stock frequency 3300 MHz
Core Speed 1403.1 MHz
Northbridge AMD 770 rev. 00
Southbridge AMD SB700 rev. 00
CAS# latency (CL) 9.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 9
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9
Cycle Time (tRAS) 24
Memory Frequency 668.1 MHz (3:10)
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 8176 MBytes
Channels Dual
Windows Version Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Professional 64-bit (Build 17763)
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 6
Number of threads 6 (max 6)
L2 cache 3 x 2048 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Instructions sets MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA4
Package Socket AM3+ (942)
Package Type 0x1
Temperature 0 40 degC (104 degF) (Package)
Power 0 28.50 W (Package)
Temperature 0 40 degC (104 degF) (Package)
Temperature 0 46 degC (114 degF) [0x2E] (SYSTIN)
Temperature 1 57 degC (133 degF) [0x71] (CPUTIN)
Temperature 2 125 degC (256 degF) [0xF9] (AUXTIN)
FX-6300
x265 HD BENCHMARK 0.1.4 RESULTS
Please do NOT compare it with older versions of the benchmark!
Please copy/paste everything below the line to to report your
data to http://x265.ru/x265-hd-benchmark/
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Results for x265.exe build 1.4+5
x265 Benchmark: 64-bit
==========================
CRF-20 preset-"fast"
--------------------
encoded 1128 frames in 134.36s (8.40 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
encoded 1128 frames in 134.44s (8.39 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
encoded 1128 frames in 134.61s (8.38 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
encoded 1128 frames in 135.55s (8.32 fps), 2266.68 kb/s
System Details
--------------
Name AMD FX-6300
Codename Vishera
Specification AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
Core Stepping OR-C0
Technology 32 nm
Stock frequency 3500 MHz
Core Speed 4107.5 MHz
Northbridge AMD 770 rev. 00
Southbridge AMD SB700 rev. 00
CAS# latency (CL) 9.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 9
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9
Cycle Time (tRAS) 24
Memory Frequency 720.6 MHz (3:10)
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 8176 MBytes
Channels Dual
Windows Version Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Professional 64-bit (Build 17763)
Number of processors 1
Number of threads 6
Number of threads 6 (max 6)
L2 cache 3 x 2048 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Instructions sets MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4
Package Socket AM3+ (942)
Package Type 0x1
Temperature 0 42 degC (108 degF) (Package)
Power 0 31.30 W (Package)
Temperature 0 42 degC (108 degF) (Package)
Temperature 0 45 degC (112 degF) [0x2D] (SYSTIN)
Temperature 1 57 degC (133 degF) [0x71] (CPUTIN)
Temperature 2 117 degC (242 degF) [0xEA] (AUXTIN)
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