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 below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 60.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	51.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 23:38
Run Duration	59 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 65.3 2-Core 126 56% 90.7 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 348 35% 283 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 68%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4671 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1444 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17208181077 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 50 214749347870 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 240535863566 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7416 (EA) Unknown 100 100 14470 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12626 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15769 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.6% Above average	Read 408 Write 245 Mixed 243 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 12.1 54% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 74 DQ Mixed 36.5 43% 75.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.6% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 20%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	155x
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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $249

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16