AMD 970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	80.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	AMD 970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 11:28
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Memory 82.8 1-Core 65.5 2-Core 119 56% 89.2 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 272 29% 233 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 107 Parallax 102 82% 103 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 92 Splatting 95 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8173 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1679 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 266 (AE) Unknown 100 100 142 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 56 188979609630 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 19162511586 (F7) Unknown 100 100 610463478 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1617745394	51.4% Above average	Read 320 Write 185 Mixed 213 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 15.4 83% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 17.8 27% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 59GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211471800 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2091 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 76672560 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1749 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065678 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 48 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 121503 (C2) HDA temperature 25 52 55834574873 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 55667071131224 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33476962900 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59334993992	94.9% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 150 Mixed 35.9 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.24 69% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 2,465 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 795GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 82.8 Write 86.7 Mixed 75.9 106% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1x8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 34%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: AMD 970A-DS3

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	10x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	7x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	3x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
128GB 128GBNetacBench 58%, 1,666 samples	2x
VERTEX2 240GBOCZBench 71%, 5 samples	2x

RAM
XMS3 DDR3 2x4GBCorsairBench 41%, 479 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 40%, 4,425 samples	2x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 4,885 samples	2x

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Value: 36% - Below average

Total price: $187

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16