Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.1% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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, 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 (all builds)
Memory	14.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '18 at 12:26
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 143 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 436 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 76.9 67% 79.4 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 79 62% 75.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 60%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 303 302 167 153 153 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.1% Above average	Read 256 Write 217 Mixed 238 SusWrite 233 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 26 84% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 80.4 DQ Mixed 30.5 29% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A 99U5474-016.A 99U5584-005.A 99U5471-025.A 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 45%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	853x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	394x

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	157x

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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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