Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.7% 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	92.4% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 04:02
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 69 2-Core 130 58% 94.3 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 380 38% 310 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon 550 8,236 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 22F2) 2GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 18.7 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 22.1 15% 23.8 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 34.4 23% 26.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 307 309 314 315 325 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 381 Mixed 338 SusWrite 309 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 43.8 142% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 244 187% 255 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 111%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 374GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 514 516 518 525 548 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 968 Write 746 Mixed 766 SusWrite 519 168% 750 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 69.8 228% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 484 DQ Write 444 DQ Mixed 459 346% 462 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 340%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 819GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 81.8 Write 85.6 Mixed 41.6 SusWrite 82.4 53% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 46%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 930GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 82.4 Write 82.9 Mixed 43.1 SusWrite 82.6 53% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 46%
Asmt 2115 512GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 477GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 19.8 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 19.3 17% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.6 490% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 BLS4G3D1609DS CMZ8GX3M2A160 BLS4G3D1609DS 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 50%

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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	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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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 $40	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