Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27% 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 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	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 22:22
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 89.7 56% 82.8 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 441 42% 349 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 3265) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27% Poor	Lighting 31.1 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 37.8 25% 33 fps	MRender 41.1 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 33.6 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 879GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 87 104 114 111 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 111 Write 114 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 101 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 68%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	7.24% Terrible	Read 23.4 Write 10 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 11.8 16% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 22% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ CMZ8GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 45%

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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	949x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	860x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	160x

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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16