Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.4% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 16:48
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 66.8 2-Core 127 59% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 392 38% 313 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3614) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 37.8 27% 33.4 fps	MRender 40.6 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 33.5 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 95 90 92 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 352 Write 115 Mixed 170 SusWrite 90.8 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 28.2 111% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 88 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 38.3 48% 84.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 101 99 102 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 62 SusWrite 99.8 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 181% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 70%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 46GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 53 55 55 55 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 47.2 Write 51.7 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 56.3 35% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 51%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 42GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 96 99 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 113 Write 109 Mixed 68 SusWrite 99.1 72% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 69%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 151GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 151 154 154 154 153 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 151 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 152 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 98 110 101 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 78.3 Write 70.8 Mixed 53 SusWrite 99.5 55% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 4,775 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	31.5% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 9.1 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 35%

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
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	158x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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) $30	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