Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	17.7 GB free of 22 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1152 x 864 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '18 at 22:44
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 (98^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 131 60% 96.7 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 430 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Lighting 27.2 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 34.7 22% 31.2 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 37.6 25% 29.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 667GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 144 153 166 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 161 Mixed 38 SusWrite 159 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 107%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 87 88 92 98 97 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 98.6 Mixed 42 SusWrite 91.8 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 68%
Hitachi HDT725040VLA360 400GB 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 372GB free Firmware: V5COA7EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 64 64 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 62.2 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 63.6 42% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 37%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 2GB 1,256 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	4.46% Terrible	Read 16 Write 4.2 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.4 8% 7.45 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.46% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0- CT102464BA160 Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1 CT102464BA160 22GB 667, 800, 800, 800 MHz 2048, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.8% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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) $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