Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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. 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 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	11GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 11GB 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 11 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 22:42
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 64.7 2-Core 118 56% 89 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 254 30% 232 Pts	64-Core 254 16% 254 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PowerColor(148C 2385) 2GB CLim: 1176 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 29.4 Parallax 30.1 19% 27.7 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 21.6 Splatting 32.7 23% 27.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 926GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 11 (03) Spinup time 137 133 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33680 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3558 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 138 Mixed 126 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 808GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 171 1766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 133 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7515 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 398 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3330297299 (F2) Unknown 200 200 2420576214	100% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 170 Mixed 161 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.33 98% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK3261GSYN 320GB-$72 6,986 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: MH000C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1271 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 983 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1953 (0A) Spinup retry count 119 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 823 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 39 572063778 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 114 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8781958 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 44077 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.4% Good	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 94.4 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.3 73% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B2873FH0- M378B2873FH0- M378B2873FH0- EWB8GB681PAE- 11GB 667, 667, 667, 800 MHz 1024, 1024, 1024, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.5% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 9 25% 8.83 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.7 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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