Geekbench 6 test failed. Run manually to determine cause. - Last few days

[manalshaikh]

Heyya!

First of all, VERY NICE script. Helps figure out basic stuff before buying from a hosting provider.

Now to business: In last couple of days, I've noticed my hobby VPS failed to run any GB6 test. I thought I must've borked something given this is my hobby VPS and I tinker alot. However, upon noticing this thread on LowEndTalk: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/216621/is-something-wrong-with-my-vpss-or-yabs-geekbench
...-saying that people are having same issue.

Therefore, I'm creating this issue to help figure out why this issue is happening.
So far, here is how it goes:

root@jam:~# curl -sL https://yabs.sh | bash -s -- -i -n
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2025-04-20                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Sun Apr 26 05:37:11 UTC 2026

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 72 days, 19 hours, 45 minutes
Processor  : AMD EPYC 9275F 24-Core Processor
CPU cores  : 6 @ 4099.996 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 23.5 GiB
Swap       : 0.0 KiB
Disk       : 246.0 GiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Kernel     : 6.12.69+deb13-amd64
VM Type    : KVM
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/sda1):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 488.08 MB/s (122.0k) | 5.26 GB/s    (82.3k)
Write      | 489.37 MB/s (122.3k) | 5.29 GB/s    (82.7k)
Total      | 977.46 MB/s (244.3k) | 10.56 GB/s  (165.0k)
           |                      |
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 10.21 GB/s   (19.9k) | 9.85 GB/s     (9.6k)
Write      | 10.75 GB/s   (21.0k) | 10.50 GB/s   (10.2k)
Total      | 20.97 GB/s   (40.9k) | 20.36 GB/s   (19.8k)

Geekbench 6 test failed. Run manually to determine cause.

YABS completed in 4 min 32 sec
root@jam:~#

[sancho1952007]

Worked a few days back. Facing this issue today.

[masonr]

@manalshaikh @sancho1952007 when you run Geekbanch manually, where does it error out or what other debug info can you provide?

[sancho1952007]

@manalshaikh @sancho1952007 when you run Geekbanch manually, where does it error out or what other debug info can you provide?

OS: Debian 13
RAM: 4GB
CPU: 4 vCPU - Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8173M

Ran the Geekbench test (6.7.0) here's the output. It fails at the end.

$ ./geekbench_x86_64 
Geekbench 6.7.0 : https://www.geekbench.com/

Geekbench 6 requires an active internet connection and automatically uploads 
benchmark results to the Geekbench Browser.

Upgrade to Geekbench 6 Pro to enable offline use and unlock other features:

  https://store.primatelabs.com/v6

Enter your Geekbench 6 Pro license using the following command line:

  ./geekbench_x86_64 --unlock <email> <key>

System Information
  Operating System              Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
  Kernel                        Linux 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 x86_64
  Model                         QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
  Motherboard                   N/A
  BIOS                          ...

CPU Information
  Name                          Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8173M CPU @ 2.00GHz
  Topology                      4 Processors, 4 Cores

[removed unwanted info]

Memory Information
  Size                          3.79 GB


Single-Core
  Running File Compression
  Running Navigation
  Running HTML5 Browser
  Running PDF Renderer
  Running Photo Library
  Running Clang
  Running Text Processing
  Running Asset Compression
  Running Object Detection
  Running Background Blur
  Running Horizon Detection
  Running Object Remover
  Running HDR
  Running Photo Filter
  Running Ray Tracer
  Running Structure from Motion

Multi-Core
  Running File Compression
  Running Navigation
  Running HTML5 Browser
  Running PDF Renderer
  Running Photo Library
  Running Clang
  Running Text Processing
  Running Asset Compression
  Running Object Detection
  Running Background Blur
  Running Horizon Detection
  Running Object Remover
  Running HDR
  Running Photo Filter
  Running Ray Tracer
  Running Structure from Motion


Uploading results to the Geekbench Browser. This could take a minute or two 
depending on the speed of your internet connection.

 unknown error (internal code 35)

[potapgoncharuk]

have the same error.

[XInTheDark]

Geekbench 6.7.1 was supposed to fix this, so maybe the script can be updated to that to fix.

[rob4226]

I replaced the GB6 URL with the 6.7.1 version and it does work but now Cloudflare is blocking the curl -s to get the scores so it just shows a blank space where the GB 6 scores should be in the YABS report.

[sancho1952007]

I replaced the GB6 URL with the 6.7.1 version and it does work but now Cloudflare is blocking the curl -s to get the scores so it just shows a blank space where the GB 6 scores should be in the YABS report.

Saw this earlier once too. The URL was visible but not the score.

[masonr]

From what I can tell Geekbench put their results page behind a Cloudflare challenge wall without any other way to retrieve the score (output of the tool doesn't spit out the resulting score, seems to be an API but is locked behind an auth wall). I'll have to change the script to the v6.7.1 version and reach out to the Geekbench team to see if we can come up with a workaround.

I'll update this issue when I make contact with them to resolve this.

[plerohellec]

That sounds like a plan. I think even without a cloudflare workaround, it will help a lot to have the v6.7.1 in the script so that the geekbench.com urls are included in the output and the scores can be extracted manually.

[plerohellec]

Note that VPSBenchmarks is now performing the score extraction server side so
curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -s https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/yabs/upload
works as before.

[masonr]

I am in contact with the Geekbench developers. We should have a workaround in place in the coming weeks Still working out the details, but I'm optimistic.