Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.1% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 20:41
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 138 61% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 434 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.9% 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)	2.88% Terrible	Lighting 3.53 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 5.16 3% 4.36 fps	MRender 2.48 Gravity 4.97 Splatting 3.13 3% 3.52 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 2.88% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1055 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (64) Unknown 100 100 519536 (65) Unknown 100 100 58352 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 306 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 677 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 158914641946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 933 (EA) Unknown 100 100 337 (F1) Unknown 100 100 701 (F2) Unknown 100 100 535 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	50.1% Above average	Read 451 Write 181 Mixed 182 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 9.61 57% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 20.3 36% 72.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 82%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 623GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 30178104 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 101503 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 67 488177693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 107374182429 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -47124381171708 (F1) Unknown 100 253 626993282 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20957382	78.2% Very good	Read 112 Write 160 Mixed 123 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 4.62 4K Mixed 0.65 176% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 111%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 456GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 140 139 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2057 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1214 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1975 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.3% Good	Read 105 Write 134 Mixed 111 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.09 16% 0.09 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 69%

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	32.2% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10.7 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 44%

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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 $57Bench 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: $216

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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