Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 22:22
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (94^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 142 60% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 380 40% 322 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.5% 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 85E0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.2% Poor	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 69.5 0% 49.8 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 73.3 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 148 147 145 148 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 178 Mixed 131 SusWrite 147 116% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 24GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 133 126 136 132 133 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 162 Write 166 Mixed 134 SusWrite 136 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 429GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 120 121 120 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 74 SusWrite 120 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 69%
Samsung G3 Station 1.5TB 635 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 436GB free, PID 6013 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 31 31 32 32 31 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 34.3 Write 31.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 31.4 43% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4x4GB 324 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 10.2 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 73%

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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%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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