Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76.1% 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	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

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%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$90 188,098 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 77 2-Core 146 66% 105 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 364 41% 316 Pts	64-Core 368 25% 368 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$280 187,675 User benchmarks, average bench 77% Zotac(19DA 3527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 83.2 79% 90.4 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 87.1 Splatting 75.3 73% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$40 208,635 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 (38^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: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 129%
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 3,408 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 80GB free Firmware: SAFM12.G SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 87 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^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: 47% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$30 1,227,452 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 630GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 149 147 145 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th 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: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 616,662 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 120 120 120 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^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: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,069 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	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: 37% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 66%, 275,971 samples	3,256x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 61%, 188,098 samples	3,099x
FX-8320AMD $163Bench 63%, 98,447 samples	1,274x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 695,028 samples	950x
RX 580AMD $218Bench 55%, 649,191 samples	768x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	562x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 67%, 266,434 samples	420x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $66Bench 55%, 257,819 samples	293x
A400 120GBKingston $20Bench 59%, 122,292 samples	287x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 8,907 samples	441x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 40%, 6,531 samples	316x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 38%, 3,777 samples	208x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16