Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


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 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '19 at 18:19
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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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	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 148 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 414 39% 322 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 72.8 64% 76 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 73.4 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 4.6 91 15 63 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 356 Write 266 Mixed 268 SusWrite 74.9 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 3.6 78% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 32.9 DQ Mixed 32.3 41% 76 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 103 92 106 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 168 Write 155 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 101 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 112%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 446GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 56 56 57 57 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 56.3 Write 59.3 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 56.7 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 44%
Asmedia ASMT1153e 1TB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 403GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 140 159 165 166 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 123 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 158 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.4% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 47%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	158x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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