Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	80.1% 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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '19 at 22:11
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	3%

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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 95.9 1-Core 79.4 2-Core 143 66% 106 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 476 44% 370 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 231 248 247 271 266 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 479 Write 160 Mixed 230 SusWrite 253 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 36.6 140% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 69.7 50% 62.8 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 128%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 52GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 423 428 431 244 211 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 483 Write 439 Mixed 345 SusWrite 354 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 39.1 136% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 117 97% 132 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 116%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 993GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 99 100 103 102 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 92 Write 66 Mixed 26 SusWrite 99.8 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 303GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 91 93 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 131 Write 126 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 91.4 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 75%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 66GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 61GB free, PID de7a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 90 90 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 141 Write 89 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 89.4 125% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 21.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 15.4 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 71%

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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	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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Total price: $249

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16