Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 59.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.7% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '18 at 05:40
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Memory 95.3 1-Core 55.9 2-Core 86.3 54% 79.2 Pts	4-Core 134 8-Core 221 22% 177 Pts	64-Core 223 14% 223 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Device(1B13 0A65) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.54% Terrible	Lighting 0.53 Reflection 0.96 Parallax 0.31 0% 0.6 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 0.43 Splatting 0.83 1% 0.93 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.54% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 238GB 1,346 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 865 Write 61 Mixed 180 78% 369 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 9.87 66% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 13.4 DQ Write 37.9 DQ Mixed 3.28 9% 18.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 102%
Apple HDD ST500L 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 461GB free Firmware: 2BA3 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 96.3 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.43 115% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	39.3% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 14.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 11.6 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 56%

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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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Typical GA-970A-DS3P FX Builds (Compare 425 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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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) $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