Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 16:04
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 146 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 424 40% 331 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 28 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 35.1 23% 30.7 fps	Gravity 26.9 Splatting 32.8 27% 29.8 fps
Poor: 19% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 11524320 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 334 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21460853 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 404 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 672268326 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 874 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 68719476774 (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 -20680267529343 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5370917553 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20665724644	91.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 148 Mixed 144 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.11 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 114%
General 8GB 265 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	5.27% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 4.87 Mixed 7.37 11% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.35 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.008 24% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.27% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.73 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9.7 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 54%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	154x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	134x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	29x

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 $76Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16