Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 49.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.8% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 month ago, 2 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 15:38
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
AMD FX-6300-$90 173,667 User benchmarks, average bench 43% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	49.6% Average	1-Core 77 2-Core 146 53% 112 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 364 41% 316 Pts	64-Core 368 25% 368 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$274 70,009 User benchmarks, average bench 74% Zotac(19DA 3527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	Lighting 294 Reflection 234 Parallax 266 77% 265 fps	MRender 224 Gravity 261 Splatting 173 74% 220 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$55 113,659 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 274 320 307 277 357 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 105 Mixed 416 SusWrite 302 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 48.3 160% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 114 106% 168 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 129%
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 1,906 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 80GB free Firmware: SAFM12.G SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 87 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 452 Write 435 Mixed 323 SusWrite 112 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 31.1 111% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 152 145% 226 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 770,624 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 630GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 149 147 145 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 134 Write 73.7 Mixed 71 SusWrite 146 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 438,147 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 120 120 120 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 150 Write 114 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 120 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 730 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 13.7 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 106%

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

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $84

CPU
FX-8350AMD $75Bench 49%, 235,023 samples	8,209x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 43%, 173,667 samples	7,544x
FX-8320AMD $163Bench 45%, 89,801 samples	3,612x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 32%, 442,720 samples	2,377x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $242Bench 57%, 746,202 samples	2,006x
GTX 960Nvidia $155Bench 33%, 245,708 samples	1,459x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $75Bench 54%, 217,593 samples	1,127x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $75Bench 106%, 546,937 samples	1,004x
A400 120GBKingston $22Bench 59%, 64,852 samples	677x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 48%, 6,702 samples	1,009x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 42%, 5,426 samples	947x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 40%, 3,411 samples	761x

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Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $389

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $205	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $375	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $249

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14