Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	79.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (88%). 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	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '21 at 15:12
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	88%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 64.5 2-Core 115 53% 85.6 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 286 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2004 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 99.9 Parallax 93.2 82% 97.9 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 92 76% 92.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF22 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 444 Write 358 Mixed 173 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 11.4 64% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 52.8 DQ Mixed 30.7 37% 65.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 56%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 104GB free Firmware: GR2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 75 73 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 74.6 Write 70.2 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 73.9 45% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 58%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 508GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 159 159 146 159 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 119 Write 143 Mixed 89.9 SusWrite 156 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 95%
292 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 662GB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 24.9 Write 24.3 Mixed 21.9 SusWrite 12.7 16% 20.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 106%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 119 116 119 118 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 115 Write 116 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 118 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 88%
79 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 809GB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 24.4 Write 24.6 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 12.7 16% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 CT2K102464BD1 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CT2K102464BD1 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 85.9 47% 85.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	120	84.6"	1280 720	SAM0F0E SAMSUNG

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	154x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	134x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	76x
Radeon RX 560-BAMDBench 20%, 49,289 samples	29x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	17x
EWB4GB681PAE- 2x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 340 samples	15x
1866 CL10 Ser 2x8GBUnknownBench 46%, 679 samples	13x

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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16