Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	18.4% 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	90.9% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 02:06
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 85.2 1-Core 62.6 2-Core 85.2 52% 77.7 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 171 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 36D1) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 20.6 19% 20.3 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 17.4 18% 22.2 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 226 215 208 204 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 440 Mixed 382 SusWrite 235 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 45.6 149% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 248 185% 246 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 215GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 69 71 72 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 103 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 69.8 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 184GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 53 53 54 55 54 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 62 Write 57.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 53.2 40% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 103GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 71 75 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 68.2 Write 71.7 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 73.4 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 60%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 227GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 49 50 50 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 54.8 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 49 39% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 63%

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 below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 18.3 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.8 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.2% 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%

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 $129Bench 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	158x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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