Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 59.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31.6% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 22:31
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	72%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Memory 91.4 1-Core 50 2-Core 108 54% 83.3 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 194 23% 176 Pts	64-Core 219 14% 219 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 42.9 32% 37.9 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 37.7 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5700 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 229 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11819751196	77.4% Very good	Read 494 Write 377 Mixed 406 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 28.1 104% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 72 DQ Write 53 DQ Mixed 32.7 32% 52.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 533GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76993192 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1099917 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 103 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 572260386 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2485 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 73014444066 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 80560701571190 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3773243691 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1924298478	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 177 Mixed 174 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.19 87% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown V01D3LF4GB268 3x4GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.4% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 11.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 10.8 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 38%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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