Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31.2% 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)
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.

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

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	0.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	8.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '22 at 11:04
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 57.7 2-Core 110 51% 81.4 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 249 28% 221 Pts	64-Core 255 16% 255 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.2% Below average	Lighting 39.8 Reflection 42 Parallax 41.8 32% 41.2 fps	MRender 35.4 Gravity 37.7 Splatting 33.1 29% 35.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 Evo 250GB-$31 14,082 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 423 Write 163 Mixed 180 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 29.4 102% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 93.8 98% 165 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 17GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 425 Write 335 Mixed 385 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 38.4 125% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 51.1 76% 147 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 28GB free Firmware: 1AC01110 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 91 90 96 91 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 87.4 Write 42.7 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 92.7 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 1,736 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.6% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 2.2 13% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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