Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	79.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '18 at 18:21
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 148 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 457 45% 369 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85D9) 2GB CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2126 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Sol id State Disk 120GB 499 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 152 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 93 93 62 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393228 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 430	79.7% Very good	Read 493 Write 441 Mixed 479 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 6.84 87% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 11.3 61% 138 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 72%
Seagate ST1000DM 010-2EP102 1TB 10,780 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 426GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 92350897 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35936471 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 656015396 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 219 (C2) HDA temperature 36 20 85899345956 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 92350897 (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 57011395887683 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5345352274 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17822330004	102% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 160 Mixed 141 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.28 93% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C 2x4GB 251 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 21 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 54%

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Desktop 65%

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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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16