AMD 970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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. 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.5% 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	45.7% 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	AMD 970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 10:17
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 68.2 2-Core 131 60% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 279 32% 248 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 42.1 28% 36.1 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 35.9 26% 30.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12749332 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -74620761788104 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1678 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 12 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 55 73018048552 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12749332 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12749332 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12749332 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16431 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11708 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11708 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8751	45.7% Average	Read 441 Write 120 Mixed 148 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 9.18 66% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 58 DQ Mixed 12 18% 31.9 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 81%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 28.5 Mixed 28.4 22% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.46 4K Write 4.03 4K Mixed 0.56 197% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 66%
Seagate Backup+ BL 1TB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 145GB free Firmware: 0143 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 32.6 Write 30.3 Mixed 31.3 24% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 59%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 93GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5420 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3808 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 16251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2752 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 470941724 (C2) HDA temperature 69 52 571605023 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 109613 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	32.9% Below average	Read 48.9 Write 65.1 Mixed 55.1 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.49 120% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A 2x4GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 49%

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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 $47Bench 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: 36% - Below average

Total price: $187

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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