Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '18 at 20:25
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 130 60% 96.7 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 433 41% 338 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570 19,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 2501) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	2.89% Terrible	Lighting 3.53 Reflection 4.46 Parallax 5.62 3% 4.54 fps	MRender 2.48 Gravity 4.97 Splatting 3.22 3% 3.55 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 2.89% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 65 34 64 62 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	59% Above average	Read 427 Write 343 Mixed 293 SusWrite 84.9 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 25.2 94% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 93.6 DQ Mixed 97.6 93% 150 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 82%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 835GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 203 202 203 202 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 164 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 202 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.1 376% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 111%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 228GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 86 74 77 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 64.6 Write 93.8 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 86.2 52% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 137% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 69%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.4 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.4% Terrible	Read 0.8 Write 0.5 Mixed 0.7 SusWrite 1.3 1% 0.82 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.4% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A160 Kingston 99U5403-050.A CMX8GX3M2A160 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.6 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 44%

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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 $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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $206

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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