Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '19 at 20:44
Run Duration	339 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 75 2-Core 149 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 440 43% 352 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.3% 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 (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 68 63% 74.6 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 73.6 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 98 102 85 94 95 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.9% Average	Read 252 Write 140 Mixed 157 SusWrite 97.5 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 25.1 85% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 47.9 63% 113 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 80%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 369GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 379 368 365 364 363 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 427 Write 372 Mixed 376 SusWrite 354 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 39.2 127% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 80 DQ Write 21.7 DQ Mixed 48 36% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 129%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 545GB free Firmware: CV13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 178 179 180 180 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 129 Mixed 98.6 SusWrite 174 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 218 219 210 214 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 159 Mixed 137 SusWrite 209 123% 167 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 262% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

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 23.3 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 18.8 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.5 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

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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	29x

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 $76Bench 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: 60% - Good

Total price: $249

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16