Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '19 at 13:02
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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 (99^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 51.3 2-Core 135 57% 92.1 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 439 44% 356 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3795) ≥ 4GB; GV-N107TWF2-8GD CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.8% Very good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 64% 101 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 130 Splatting 111 93% 114 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 307 268 261 260 258 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 430 Write 386 Mixed 352 SusWrite 263 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 33.8 136% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 262 197% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 134%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$100 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 6TB free Firmware: A4GN SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 203 197 198 198 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 208 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 194 126% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$100 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4TB free Firmware: A4GN SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 174 165 172 167 165 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 171 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 167 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDN 726060ALE614 6TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: APGN SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 165 151 159 153 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 189 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 157 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 117%
Hitachi HDN 726060ALE614 6TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: APGN SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 198 194 194 195 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 198 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 194 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 117%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$100 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: A4GN SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 133 132 133 131 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 161 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 134 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A16 CML16GX3M2A16 CMZ16GX3M2A16 CML16GX3M2A16 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 95%

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
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