Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.7% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 11:23
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 141 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 438 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 79.9 54% 71.1 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 55.8 51% 62.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SX950U 120GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 376 397 245 42 44 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 448 Write 370 Mixed 361 SusWrite 242 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 39.5 135% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 156 124% 170 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 813GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 195 196 196 194 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 123 Write 147 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 195 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 373% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 111%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 29GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3.2 6.4 11 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 7.3 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 8.2 12% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.5 97% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 2x4GB 1,119 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.8 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 48%

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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	941x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
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 $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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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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