Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 17:56
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 152 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 404 41% 331 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8641) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 76.4 65% 78.2 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 74.7 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 412 405 399 398 319 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 404 Mixed 400 SusWrite 394 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 34.6 140% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 53.5 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 23.9 56% 109 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 204 203 203 205 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 186 Mixed 156 SusWrite 203 132% 178 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 287% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 739GB free Firmware: CV13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 175 175 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 178 Mixed 104 SusWrite 175 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 119%

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)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 23 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18.5 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

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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 $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