Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.33% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '21 at 18:32
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 85 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 129 59% 95 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 263 31% 240 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 3011) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	7.33% Terrible	Lighting 9.2 Reflection 9.4 Parallax 13.1 8% 10.6 fps	MRender 7.8 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 7.9 7% 8.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.33% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT2000BX500SSD1 2TB 12,882 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1TB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 251 40 40 38 249 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 416 Write 369 Mixed 348 SusWrite 165 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 21.5 98% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 40.6 73% 142 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 126 104 74 118 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 98.1 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 102 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 30 30 30 30 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 28 Write 26.1 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 29.2 21% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 223% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GLLTU160 EWB4GB681PAE- SP008GLLTU160 EWB4GB681PAE- 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.6% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 15 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 42%

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

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

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