Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.6% 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)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 23:05
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 146 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 432 43% 350 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 051D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1256 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.6% Below average	Lighting 43.9 Reflection 61.5 Parallax 67.6 36% 57.7 fps	MRender 63.6 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 52.1 44% 54.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 441 Write 404 Mixed 313 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 45.4 158% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 152 139% 213 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Kingdian S280 240GB 5,326 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 23GB free Firmware: R1001A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 309 58 41 42 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 391 Write 346 Mixed 330 SusWrite 138 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 18.3 94% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 88.2 DQ Mixed 22.1 27% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 119%
Tp00250g B 250GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 117GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 81.8 Write 78 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 90.5 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 90%
Em200ab0 00 200GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 155GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 65 65 65 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 59.5 Mixed 28 SusWrite 64.2 38% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 37%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 149GB free Firmware: 11.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 60 60 59 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 59 Write 59.8 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 58.7 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 4GB 7,184 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 17.5 Write 3 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 4.9 9% 8.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.5 178% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 3,295 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 13.6 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 51%

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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	939x
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	157x

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 $184	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) $35	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