Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 22% 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.7% 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	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 10:14
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 132 62% 98.5 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 439 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372C) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 26.4 Parallax 33.1 32% 32.7 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 35.4 Splatting 33.6 29% 35.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 264 268 262 261 263 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 469 Write 271 Mixed 260 SusWrite 258 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 29.9 114% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 154 127% 183 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 128%
Intel SSDSC2BB960G7 960GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 345GB free Firmware: N2010101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 266 281 275 274 274 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 138 Write 290 Mixed 148 SusWrite 264 48% 210 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 26.6 91% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.4 DQ Write 77 DQ Mixed 28.4 28% 41.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$25 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 379GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 100 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 75 SusWrite 99.1 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 18.9 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	952x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	863x
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	142x
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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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