Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35.7% 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	48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

18 days ago, 18 days ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '19 at 16:50
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
AMD FX-6300-$90 168,309 User benchmarks, average bench 42% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	44.5% Average	1-Core 72.2 2-Core 129 48% 101 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 307 36% 271 Pts	64-Core 306 20% 306 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$135 55,285 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 22BB) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 138 Reflection 130 Parallax 174 36% 147 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 127 Splatting 84.2 36% 105 fps
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 37%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$28 50,000 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 142 143 144 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 395 Write 198 Mixed 193 SusWrite 140 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 8 76% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 9.3 23% 44.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 77%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$34 1,384,466 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 586GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 141 143 144 144 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 168 Write 147 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 142 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 3,376 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 11.6 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 47%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 30%

Sail boat

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $92

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 49%, 247,167 samples	7,785x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 42%, 168,309 samples	7,176x
FX-8320AMD $163Bench 44%, 91,262 samples	3,464x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 32%, 464,235 samples	2,258x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples	1,947x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 268,973 samples	1,395x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $70Bench 55%, 209,618 samples	1,093x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 507,744 samples	979x
A400 120GBKingston $19Bench 60%, 64,868 samples	635x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 47%, 5,955 samples	941x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 42%, 5,192 samples	919x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 40%, 3,376 samples	730x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24