Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.6% 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)
Boot Drive	107% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 10:08
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 77.2 2-Core 150 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 462 46% 373 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(1DA2 E348) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1291 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Lighting 27.9 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 36 23% 31.8 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 34 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S280 120GB 1,698 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 409 408 427 427 426 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 365 Mixed 420 SusWrite 419 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 48 158% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 114 125% 210 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 461GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 132 134 135 136 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 161 Write 120 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 134 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 109%
Seagate ST96812AS 60GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 56GB free Firmware: 3.14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 34.5 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 38.8 26% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C 2x4GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 53%

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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 $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 $75Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16