Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 03 '19 at 22:54
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 76.2 2-Core 152 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 444 42% 349 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 113 66% 91.1 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 81.9 Splatting 65.3 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 236 221 234 246 238 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 153 Mixed 440 SusWrite 235 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 53.5 176% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 16.2 80% 182 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 237GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 125 127 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 130 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 126 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 109%

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 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 18.8 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 14.1 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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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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