Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	28.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 14:13
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Memory 53.9 1-Core 44.8 2-Core 78.1 37% 58.9 Pts	4-Core 125 8-Core 180 19% 152 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 35.2 Reflection 26.5 Parallax 32.7 29% 31.5 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 35.2 Splatting 34.3 29% 35.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 75 44 59 46 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 402 Write 333 Mixed 123 SusWrite 69.5 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 18.6 58% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 70.3 74% 125 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 31GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 89 94 93 95 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 103 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 91.2 65% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 113%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 139 135 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 142 Write 137 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 134 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EWB8GB681PAE- 1x8GB 449 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 5.3 15% 5.17 GB/s	Latency 147 27% 147 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 32%

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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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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