Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.8% 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	30.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 11:19
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 73.3 2-Core 145 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 438 44% 356 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gainward(10B0 1189) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.8% Poor	Lighting 29.3 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 40.9 24% 33.8 fps	MRender 44.7 Gravity 34.9 Splatting 31.6 30% 37 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 41 43 44 45 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 118 Write 47.7 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 44 16% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 17.8 69% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 56.1 DQ Write 46.4 DQ Mixed 55.3 40% 52.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 69%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 98GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 125 127 128 128 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 105 Write 30.3 Mixed 68 SusWrite 127 61% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 159GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 127 125 133 134 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 124 Mixed 29 SusWrite 126 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 185% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV4GX3M1A133 CMV8GX3M1A133 12GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 667, 667 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 12.3 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 44%

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Gaming 20%

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $550	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) $23	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