AMD 970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.63% 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	43.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	AMD 970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '16 at 19:57
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 134 62% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 407 40% 327 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gainward(10B0 1183) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.63% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 8.08 Parallax 12 7% 9.45 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 17.3 Splatting 16.3 12% 14.7 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 8.63% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -39891655335553 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2045 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2044 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 489524 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 489524 (F2) Unknown 100 100 429321 (F9) Unknown 100 100 18895	43.8% Average	Read 314 Write 118 Mixed 124 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 8.61 76% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 89 DQ Mixed 10.6 22% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 80%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 68GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 46 (03) Spinup time 170 167 4491 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2722 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3076 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7497 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	61.2% Good	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 26.3 58% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.31 94% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 76%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 11GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4358 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5866 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2721 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5716 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 751533 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	69.8% Good	Read 132 Write 111 Mixed 73.5 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.32 104% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-171.A 4x2GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 14.4 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 50%

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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 $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 $40	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