Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '19 at 20:33
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (44^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, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 135 60% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 429 43% 348 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 20.4 19% 20.3 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 20.7 Splatting 16.6 17% 20.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SN6S-128G-1006 128GB 1,206 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 174GB free Firmware: X3511006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 175 173 173 168 148 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 453 Write 323 Mixed 214 SusWrite 171 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 35.5 123% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 192 149% 205 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 89%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$22 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 40 40 39 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 111 Write 38.8 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 38.9 42% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 103%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 271GB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 35 35 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 94.5 Write 35.3 Mixed 34 SusWrite 35.2 36% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 193GB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 43 43 44 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 118 Write 39.5 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 43.3 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Ultra Slim GD 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 93GB free, PID ab2e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 79 78 79 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 93.3 Write 101 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 78.6 107% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 102% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 37%
Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 32GB-$20 701 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 15GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 32.5 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 29 42% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 68% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 4x4GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 14.8 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 72%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	951x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	861x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	399x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	162x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16