AMD 970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.2% 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	53.9% 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.

Motherboard	AMD 970A-DS3 (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	20121018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '24 at 12:01
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 67.1 2-Core 116 59% 91.9 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 279 32% 247 Pts	64-Core 269 17% 269 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 99.3 82% 103 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 96.7 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 57 71 63 65 56 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.9% Above average	Read 205 Write 133 Mixed 170 SusWrite 63.7 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 34.8 115% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 120 94% 127 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 75%
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 84GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 83 84 74 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 423 Write 253 Mixed 126 SusWrite 81.4 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 23.8 89% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 99.3 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 31.4 40% 72.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 95%
Patriot P210 2048GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 767GB free Firmware: U0506A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 365 367 381 378 383 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 491 Write 382 Mixed 410 SusWrite 376 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 24.8 104% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 43.5 82% 161 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 202GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 82.2 Write 75.6 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 74.3 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 184% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 85GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 82 82 82 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 86.6 Write 89.7 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 82.6 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-10-9 D3-1 2x4GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 55%

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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	22	2	60	23"	1920 1017	AUS23CC VZ239

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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