Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 06:51
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 74.2 2-Core 147 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 474 46% 379 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 73 Reflection 72 Parallax 64.4 60% 69.8 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 58.3 53% 65.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 373 347 361 339 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 335 Write 368 Mixed 273 SusWrite 332 74% 327 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 31.7 113% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 236 185% 257 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 98%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 65GB free Firmware: AX00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 101 100 101 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 104 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 101 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 344GB free Firmware: 19.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 118 118 117 118 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 71 SusWrite 117 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 297GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 111 111 112 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 117 Write 105 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 110 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 40GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 90 104 121 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 125 Write 120 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 102 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 54%

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

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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