Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.5% 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	34% 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). 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	3.6 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 14:32
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Memory 81.9 1-Core 58.1 2-Core 98.6 52% 79.5 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 234 27% 208 Pts	64-Core 253 16% 253 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.2% 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)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 26.3 Parallax 32.6 28% 31.1 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 35 Splatting 34.3 29% 35.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 66 56 58 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	34% Below average	Read 307 Write 246 Mixed 234 SusWrite 67.6 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 22.1 4K Mixed 7.5 40% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 75 DQ Mixed 63.7 65% 109 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 31GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 108 108 107 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 104 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 113%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 133 142 140 143 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 150 Write 89 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 136 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82% 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 below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.5% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 8.4 23% 8.03 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 7.9 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 32%

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

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16