Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.2% 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 9 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '19 at 16:01
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 148 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 455 44% 360 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 75.3 62% 76.5 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 71.3 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: JULA SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 133 284 340 360 305 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 396 Write 352 Mixed 359 SusWrite 265 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 24.2 98% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 200 164% 236 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 104%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 26GB free Firmware: MAT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 129 129 129 130 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 402 Write 380 Mixed 292 SusWrite 158 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 31.2 127% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 255 188% 247 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 110%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 141 141 135 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 145 Mixed 104 SusWrite 137 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 86%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 31GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 23 16 16 16 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 87 Write 26.8 Mixed 41.1 SusWrite 18.7 49% 43.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.6 128% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT 2x8GB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.6% 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%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	949x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	860x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	398x

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	160x

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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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