Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 23:55
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	71%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 141 61% 99.6 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 410 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 76.4 Parallax 65.4 62% 72.7 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 68.9 57% 69.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 368 428 237 0 332 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 358 Write 426 Mixed 323 SusWrite 281 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 36.8 129% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 68.6 98% 181 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 111%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 183 186 185 187 184 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 104%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 881GB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 120 119 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 71 SusWrite 120 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 27 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 28 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 27.1 17% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0 93% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 87%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 113 112 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 112 Write 99.2 Mixed 77 SusWrite 112 135% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.8 306% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLE8G3D21BCE1 Adata DDR3 2133 2OZ BLE8G3D21BCE1 Adata DDR3 2133 2OZ 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.9% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 48%

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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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Total price: $366

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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