Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	90.2% 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	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '23 at 17:19
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 74.6 1-Core 66.8 2-Core 123 54% 88 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 303 34% 265 Pts	64-Core 344 21% 344 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$271 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2060) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 106 Parallax 108 92% 109 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 101 Splatting 92.5 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 97%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ssd 512GB 4,609 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMT1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 229 235 232 234 247 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.1% Average	Read 122 Write 84.8 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 224 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 14.8 59% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 18.4 DQ Mixed 31.5 36% 65.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E9992 RMR5030EF68F9 8GBH2X04E9992 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 13.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 9.8 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 97.1 41% 97.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	56	60	25.5"	1280 720	ACI26A4 ASUS VW266H

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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 $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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