Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.02% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '21 at 11:44
Run Duration	1013 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 68.6 2-Core 143 58% 97.4 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 420 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 22B0) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.02% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 10.4 6% 9.13 fps	MRender 6.8 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 6.9 6% 7.17 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.02% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 152GB free Firmware: X412 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0 302 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 442 Write 383 Mixed 262 SusWrite 87.6 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 13 59% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 29.2 DQ Mixed 28.5 48% 99.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 101%
Ct1000bx 50 1TB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 919GB free Firmware: M6CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 6.3 248 244 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 427 Write 251 Mixed 281 SusWrite 82.9 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 8.9 49% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 19.1 DQ Mixed 23.8 34% 66.5 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 91%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.5 129 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 93.1 SusWrite 42.8 72% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 87%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 305GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0 103 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 96.9 Write 93.8 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 34.7 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 87%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 23GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.5 29 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	9.79% Terrible	Read 27.7 Write 21.7 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 9.8 26% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.3 87% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.79% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TIMETEC-UD3-1 TIMETEC-UD3-1 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.4 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.4 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 46%

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

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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 $273	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 $176	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