Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 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	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '19 at 04:59
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.45 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 78.3 2-Core 157 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 434 45% 361 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1616 MHz, MLim: 943 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 157 81% 115 fps	MRender 86.4 Gravity 109 Splatting 126 90% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 57 64 33 40 42 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.3% Below average	Read 254 Write 217 Mixed 142 SusWrite 54.8 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 16.4 60% 129 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 71%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 537GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1015 1035 1051 1039 1067 399 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,312 Write 1,113 Mixed 932 SusWrite 934 241% 1,073 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 64.2 214% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 547 DQ Write 454 DQ Mixed 272 266% 424 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 255%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 525GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 168 167 168 167 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 145 Write 144 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 167 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EWB4GB681PAE- 2x4GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.2% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 46%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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