Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '19 at 02:08
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 76.7 2-Core 143 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 323 34% 273 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Zotac(19DA 3527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 88.8 80% 92 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 86.8 Splatting 77.6 72% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 292 255 321 336 338 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 328 Mixed 304 SusWrite 298 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 50.3 166% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 148 127% 191 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 128%
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 73GB free Firmware: SAFM12.G SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 84 86 87 86 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 433 Write 419 Mixed 300 SusWrite 112 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 32.1 111% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 151 144% 225 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 630GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 138 139 138 139 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 57.1 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 138 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 133 134 133 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 137 Write 110 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 133 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,520 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.6% Average	MC Read 21 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 110%

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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	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	852x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	393x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	278x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	157x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	139x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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