Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.6% 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	46.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '20 at 21:59
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 145 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 433 43% 350 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 22BB) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 43.4 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 52.1 35% 47.9 fps	MRender 49.1 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 34.9 33% 41.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 71 75 76 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 203 Write 341 Mixed 153 SusWrite 73.2 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 28.6 102% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 83.9 DQ Mixed 36.1 33% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 88%
Fujitsu MJA2500BH G2 500GB 1,681 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 139GB free Firmware: 00C80019 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 72 71 75 76 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 77.8 Write 62.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 74 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 47%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 126 129 130 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 142 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 128 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 101%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 4.2 4.2 5.4 4.8 5 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.21% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 11.7 Mixed 2.8 SusWrite 4.5 11% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.21% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.4 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 54%

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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	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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Total price: $366

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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