Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.8% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '19 at 05:53
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 (98^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 70.1 2-Core 127 61% 96.5 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 432 41% 340 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22FC) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.8% Average	Lighting 57.1 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 84.4 47% 69.7 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 70 Splatting 57.5 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 42 32 36 29 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 424 Write 162 Mixed 130 SusWrite 42.7 41% 190 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 16.1 75% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 48.7 DQ Mixed 50.8 52% 87.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 40GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,978 Write 3,371 Mixed 3,334 793% 3,561 MB/s	4K Read 342 4K Write 233 4K Mixed 184 878% 253 MB/s	DQ Read 719 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 645 480% 638 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 32GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 70 69 71 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 81.5 Write 83.5 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 70.1 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 70%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 0GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 59 Write 50.8 Mixed 53.5 41% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 6GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 166 Write 148 Mixed 112 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A 2x8GB 471 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 53%

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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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Total price: $366

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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16