Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 55.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 22:57
Run Duration	357 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Memory 74.3 1-Core 60 2-Core 117 52% 83.9 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 294 31% 246 Pts	64-Core 319 20% 319 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 1375) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 44.4 Parallax 39.9 37% 43.3 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 35.9 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 89%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 8GB 6,342 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 4GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	8.74% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 4.95 Mixed 9.04 12% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.17 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 1.6 111% 2.92 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.74% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MES3U1609T8G( 1x8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.1% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 91.9 44% 91.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 29%

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

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $80Bench 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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Total price: $216

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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