Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 12:39
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	66.8% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 145 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 405 40% 330 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 68.2 64% 74.7 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 75.1 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 471 Write 422 Mixed 311 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 45.2 148% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 259 190% 247 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 88GB free Firmware: 3.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 95 94 95 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 94 Write 58.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 93.2 54% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 141% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 53%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 91GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 107 106 106 107 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 88 Write 88.8 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 106 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 147GB free Firmware: CV13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 177 181 178 181 181 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 132 Write 123 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 178 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 9905403-173.A KHX1600C10D3/ 9905403-173.A 12GB 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.2% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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