Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	10.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '18 at 19:58
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 84 2-Core 149 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 446 40% 335 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 3537) 1GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 9.88 10% 11.8 fps	MRender 16.1 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 16 12% 14.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 598 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 766 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6225989 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 224 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 530 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 64 37 158915035172 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55834574861 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 171 (EA) Unknown 100 100 836 (F1) Unknown 253 253 673 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1055 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	57% Above average	Read 391 Write 232 Mixed 224 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 10.7 85% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 10.3 23% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 119%
Seagate ST3400820AS 400GB 872 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 170GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 89 224207453 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25751418 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9416 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 32 -117741593559002 (C2) HDA temperature 38 68 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 48 4686918 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26.4% Poor	Read 50.4 Write 41.4 Mixed 62.8 39% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.23 58% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GB 2,652 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 13.9 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 55%

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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 $75Bench 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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16