Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 57.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	77% 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	69.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '22 at 02:17
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 51.4 2-Core 105 51% 80 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 188 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 109 Parallax 97 77% 100 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 94.8 76% 93.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM01.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 234 277 308 307 309 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 388 Write 326 Mixed 316 SusWrite 270 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 25.6 90% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 192 152% 209 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 4x2GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.6% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 7.3 22% 7.73 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.5 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 52%

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

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Typical GA-970A-DS3P FX Builds (Compare 431 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 20%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	156x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	134x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	76x
Radeon RX 560-BAMDBench 20%, 49,289 samples	29x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16