Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '19 at 17:19
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 (86^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 86 1-Core 50.4 2-Core 128 55% 88.1 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 429 40% 336 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 168 Parallax 187 106% 162 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 170 Splatting 119 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 294 310 317 337 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 372 Write 357 Mixed 222 SusWrite 302 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 26.8 92% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 33.5 31% 46 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 98%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 306GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 114 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 115 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 920GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 85 87 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 82.8 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 85.8 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 TEAMGROUP-UD3 DDR3 1866 TEAMGROUP-UD3 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.6% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 44%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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