Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.7% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 20:06
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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)	66.1% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 134 60% 97.2 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 436 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Sapphire(1DA2 E387) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1284 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Lighting 62.1 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 75.3 51% 67.4 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 57.2 Splatting 55 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 240GB 5,900 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA10.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 274 Write 287 Mixed 261 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 0.4 66% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 0.2 DQ Write 6 DQ Mixed 36.5 18% 14.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 91%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 37GB free Firmware: 4.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 85 91 92 90 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	52% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 57 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 89 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3250620NS 250GB-$45 1,571 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 37GB free Firmware: 3.AEG SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 50 50 50 56 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 35 Write 39.6 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 50.5 28% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 131% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A 2x8GB 471 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 10.6 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 53%

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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 $175Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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