Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '20 at 10:31
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 75.9 2-Core 153 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 440 46% 368 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 94.7 55% 76 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 54.9 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vi550 S3 SSD 128GB 781 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 77 111 107 61 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 485 Write 298 Mixed 331 SusWrite 105 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 30.1 128% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 165 143% 210 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 94%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 34GB free Firmware: UE5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 93 104 81 83 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 447 Write 210 Mixed 206 SusWrite 110 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 19.1 77% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 16.2 34% 70.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 55%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 677GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 141 95 119 115 106 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 79% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273CH0- Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ M391B5273CH0- Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.4 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 48%

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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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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $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