Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.6% 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	67% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '19 at 22:00
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 83.9 1-Core 46.4 2-Core 92.7 49% 74.3 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 183 25% 185 Pts	64-Core 185 11% 185 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 22.3 Parallax 24.9 22% 24.9 fps	MRender 20.2 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 27.5 20% 23.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 212 268 224 213 276 MB/s Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67% Good	Read 206 Write 95 Mixed 122 SusWrite 239 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 32.6 109% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 172 144% 209 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 100%
Drevo X1 SSD 120GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 109GB free Firmware: P1222A SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 369 380 388 385 380 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 445 Write 360 Mixed 329 SusWrite 369 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 14.5 85% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 83 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 21.1 54% 109 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 153GB free Firmware: JPFOA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 80.2 Write 70.7 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 84.2 51% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 50%
Hitachi HTS543232A7A384 320GB-$40 17,642 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 245GB free Firmware: ES2OA60W SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 65 72 85 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 78.2 Write 91.5 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 78.2 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 46%
General UDisk 2TB 1,229 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 2TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 9.1 9.3 11 10 9.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	4.59% Terrible	Read 5 Write 2.2 Mixed 4 SusWrite 9.5 7% 5.18 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.59% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GB 550 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.9% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.8 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.7 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 90%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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