Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 09:37
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 76.2 1-Core 44.2 2-Core 88.9 46% 69.8 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 177 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 34C5) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	4.47% Terrible	Lighting 5.77 Reflection 8.46 Parallax 1.91 5% 5.38 fps	MRender 6.05 Gravity 3.97 Splatting 4.87 4% 4.96 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.47% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 954 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 88	58.6% Above average	Read 438 Write 408 Mixed 435 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 7.17 44% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 12.3 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 6.76 26% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 102%
Toshiba MK2565GSX 250GB 2,503 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 30GB free Firmware: GJ002J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1235 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9972 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 8802 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5658 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 21 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 448 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 35563 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 184684183579 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 52 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1292 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 329 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	22.7% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 37.9 Mixed 52.9 33% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.38 84% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C 2x4GB 251 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.5% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 12.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.3 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 54%

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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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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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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Total price: $216

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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