Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 21:17
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 69.6 2-Core 133 62% 98.3 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 413 40% 327 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB; palit nvidia geforce gtx 1060 stormx CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 65.1 62% 72.4 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 69 57% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK128MAY-1AH1ZABHA 128GB 1,012 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: M504 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 531 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 55 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (AA) Unknown 99 99 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1215479349475 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 581 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 188979609629 (C2) HDA temperature 71 56 188979609629 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1958940466 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	53.4% Above average	Read 249 Write 316 Mixed 278 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 14.8 73% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 88.3 DQ Mixed 13.7 23% 42.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 101%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	3.67% Terrible	Read 11.1 Write 4.73 Mixed 6.29 8% 7.39 MB/s	4K Read 4.16 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.67% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600EL Series 4x4GB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 82%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	61x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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