Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 21:52
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 54 2-Core 132 59% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 504 50% 405 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 108 Parallax 108 82% 106 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 104 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 721GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 251 274 297 367 275 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 450 Mixed 441 SusWrite 282 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 51.5 172% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.5 DQ Write 79.7 DQ Mixed 49.1 40% 55.4 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 133%
WL2000GSA6472C 2TB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 140 140 142 141 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 143 Write 136 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 139 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2x8GB 909 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 23 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18.8 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.9 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

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

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Gaming 20%

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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

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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16