Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '19 at 07:54
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$45 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 135 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 212 24% 185 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.6.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.04% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 33.6 Parallax 37.3 0% 23.7 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 26.2 Splatting 38.8 26% 31.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 9.04% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 7GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 491 Write 202 Mixed 208 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 13.3 93% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 77.2 87% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$27 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 39 38 35 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 25 Write 67.4 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 40.1 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown R5316G1609U2K 2x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 58%

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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	156x
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
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 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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Total price: $249

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16