Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.6% 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	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '21 at 02:15
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	64% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 136 59% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 374 39% 312 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8305) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	7.6% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 5 Parallax 4.1 9% 6.57 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 8.5 Splatting 4.6 6% 7.13 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.6% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 498GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 45 38 31 29 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 918 Write 420 Mixed 118 SusWrite 50.6 82% 377 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 24.9 67% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 48.8 45% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 157%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 290GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 117 119 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 124 Write 98.4 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 118 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 67%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 327GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 58 57 59 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	34% Below average	Read 59.6 Write 53.5 Mixed 44.1 SusWrite 58.5 40% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 51%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 619GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 20 22 24 21 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 93%
Sabrent Dual SATA Bridge 500GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 56GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 25 24 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 26.7 Write 9.2 Mixed 18.6 SusWrite 20.7 14% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 69%
Sabrent Dual SATA Bridge 500GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 128GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.1% Terrible	Read 26.4 Write 26.5 Mixed 26.4 SusWrite 0.9 15% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 8.1% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 628GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 90 77 69 88 86 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 74.4 Write 50.6 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 81.3 76% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0- 4GBH1X04F1AA2 M378B5273DH0- 4GBH1X04F1AA2 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.3 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 44%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	154x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	134x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	29x

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 $76Bench 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $139	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16