Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37% 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	102% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '19 at 01:27
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 74.6 2-Core 146 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 456 45% 367 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 1375) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 47.9 Reflection 46.9 Parallax 41.6 39% 45.5 fps	MRender 40.5 Gravity 42.9 Splatting 37.9 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 423 423 431 415 423 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 431 Mixed 320 SusWrite 396 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 43.8 158% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 226 179% 249 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 367GB free Firmware: 0001SDM5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 111 110 109 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 114 Write 89.8 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 109 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C9D3/4 KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 20.5 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 14.9 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 56%

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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 $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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16