Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '18 at 18:49
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 150 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 435 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Gigabyte(1458 2281) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 56.8 Parallax 66.4 52% 62.4 fps	MRender 60.8 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 77.2 55% 66 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 298 Write 136 Mixed 181 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 30 112% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 34.8 34% 52 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 456GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 135 136 134 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 178 Write 79.5 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 134 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273BH1- 3x4GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.9% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 9.2 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.9% 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%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	952x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	862x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	399x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	162x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	141x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $162	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16