Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	31.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '19 at 01:34
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 82.4 2-Core 156 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 374 42% 328 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1605 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 123 Parallax 121 96% 121 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 110 Splatting 99.5 85% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 118 129 128 14 60 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.7% Below average	Read 279 Write 88.2 Mixed 82.4 SusWrite 95.8 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 10.7 46% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 85%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2GB free Firmware: CS900612 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 438 Write 262 Mixed 308 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 29.4 130% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 158 135% 198 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 87%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 418GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 70 71 71 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 66 Write 65.9 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 70.3 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 49%
Samsung HD160JJ/P 160GB-$40 2,028 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 5GB free Firmware: ZM100-34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 32 33 32 32 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 34.4 Write 37.4 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 32.4 24% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 160% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 34%
WD My Passport 0827 500GB 371 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 329GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 29.4 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 16.4 33% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 46%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB 653 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 32GB free, PID 2120 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 30.7 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 16.4 33% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 14.3 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 50%

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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%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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 $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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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16