Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '17 at 03:29
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 139 61% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 404 40% 329 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 04C2) CLim: 1300 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	48.1% Average	Lighting 60.3 Reflection 65.2 Parallax 87.6 49% 71 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 53.9 Splatting 54.5 46% 56.6 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1052 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 468 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 40 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8692126528	86.8% Excellent	Read 492 Write 387 Mixed 404 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 34.6 123% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 55.8 60% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 134%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 601GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 191 191 1433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 366 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1119 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79709 (C2) HDA temperature 122 98 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	70.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 127 Mixed 120 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 49%

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

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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 $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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $206

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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