AMD 970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	AMD 970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '19 at 18:37
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 81.4 1-Core 64.8 2-Core 108 54% 84.8 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 248 29% 224 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Nvidia(10DE 2182) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3049 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.2% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 87.7 Parallax 74.5 66% 80.9 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 74.2 64% 79.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 480GB 480GB 2,159 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 376GB free Firmware: S0423B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 325 322 320 289 7.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 370 Write 320 Mixed 278 SusWrite 262 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 17.5 88% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 20.9 27% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 796GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 127 143 121 137 117 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 166 Mixed 77 SusWrite 131 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-034.A 99U5471-012.A 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	24.5% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 7.3 22% 7.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 7.2 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 45%

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

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Typical 970A-DS3 Builds (Compare 44 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: AMD 970A-DS3

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	10x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	7x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	3x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
128GB 128GBNetacBench 58%, 1,666 samples	2x
VERTEX2 240GBOCZBench 71%, 5 samples	2x

RAM
XMS3 DDR3 2x4GBCorsairBench 41%, 479 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 40%, 4,425 samples	2x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 4,885 samples	2x

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Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $230

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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