Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 11 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '18 at 06:31
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 131 60% 96.6 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 217 28% 214 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 956D) 2GB CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25% Poor	Lighting 30.1 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 35.8 25% 32.3 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 34.7 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 873GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 195 0 (03) Spinup time 189 167 1516 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 254 (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 100 100 254 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20486 (C2) HDA temperature 124 111 19 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (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 100 100 321 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1526552390 (F2) Unknown 200 200 2251664693	101% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 165 Mixed 155 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.34 117% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 64GB 414 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 60GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	6% Terrible	Read 24.3 Write 5.19 Mixed 4.66 11% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.62 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.004 21% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EWB8GB681PAE- Micron 8JTF12864AZ-1 Micron 8JTF12864AZ-1 Micron 8JTF12864AZ-1 11GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 800, 533, 533, 533 MHz 8192, 1024, 1024, 1024 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.6% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 11 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.8 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 37%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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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 $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 $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