AMD 970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.86% 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	35.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	AMD 970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 01:01
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 59.7 2-Core 115 53% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 244 28% 219 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 03EA) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	5.86% Terrible	Lighting 7.27 Reflection 6.27 Parallax 6.19 6% 6.57 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 5.63 Splatting 7.83 6% 6.92 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.86% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 28684336 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -1683627176025 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1328 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 127 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 41 44 81607262249 (C2) HDA temperature 41 44 81607262249 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 28684336 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 28684336 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 28684336 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 81604378625 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9578 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7915 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7915 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10407 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4653089	35.8% Below average	Read 274 Write 202 Mixed 116 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 4.72 36% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 11.7 20% 36 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 137GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 95 114159080 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7553 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 690428643 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5763 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 34 34 66 (BC) Unknown 100 97 113 (BD) vendor-specific 29 29 71 (BE) vendor-specific 56 52 739704876 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 630 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35320 (C2) HDA temperature 44 48 81604378668 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 32 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 32 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -95975339181426 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1752520779678 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12092767213770	82.1% Excellent	Read 134 Write 152 Mixed 172 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M1A160 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.9% Below average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 13.8 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 7.9 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 40%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: AMD 970A-DS3

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	10x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	7x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	3x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
128GB 128GBNetacBench 58%, 1,666 samples	2x
VERTEX2 240GBOCZBench 71%, 5 samples	2x

RAM
XMS3 DDR3 2x4GBCorsairBench 41%, 479 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 40%, 4,425 samples	2x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 4,885 samples	2x

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Value: 36% - Below average

Total price: $187

CPU	GPU	SSD
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 $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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16