Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.3% 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	106% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	29 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	Dec 15 '19 at 13:00
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 84.9 2-Core 161 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 406 42% 340 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 68%

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	77.3% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 89 80% 92.1 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 86.8 Splatting 77.9 72% 90.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 317 373 373 366 358 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 388 Mixed 381 SusWrite 328 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 56.1 187% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 145 130% 199 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 128%
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 111GB free Firmware: SAFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 126 87 67 86 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 431 Write 394 Mixed 283 SusWrite 100 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 36.8 137% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 154 145% 227 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 629GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 150 152 153 151 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 143 Mixed 74 SusWrite 149 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 171 177 177 179 176 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 127 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 171 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.7% 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 (70^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.2% 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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
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	159x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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