Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	56.4% 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	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (12%). 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 23:40
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 86.6 1-Core 48.4 2-Core 93.1 50% 76 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 246 26% 206 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PNY(196E 11C2) 3GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2055 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 66.7 57% 69.5 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 69.9 55% 66.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$22 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 97 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 84 84 162 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131076 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 425	65.7% Good	Read 304 Write 407 Mixed 428 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 6.38 77% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 11.6 50% 112 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 432GB free Firmware: HP22 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41155266 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 1160693450 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26561 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9690 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065677 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 588709923 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 20 41155266 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	65.6% Good	Read 111 Write 118 Mixed 95 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.67 135% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 70%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 892GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 139 Write 96 Mixed 80.6 125% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 3.14 4K Mixed 0.38 125% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 1,736 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.8% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.2 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 97%

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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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $216

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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