Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


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 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.4% 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	151% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '20 at 14:53
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	7%

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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-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 77 2-Core 138 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 361 34% 279 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.1.3 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 87.1 57% 74.9 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 56.1 52% 65.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 473 483 512 466 496 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 951 Write 655 Mixed 456 SusWrite 479 141% 635 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 58.9 204% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 468 352% 470 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 292%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 241GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 55 50 54 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 83.8 Write 84.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 51.4 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 465GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 89 90 87 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 89.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 87 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 75%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 376GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 85 84 84 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 88 Write 79.8 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 84 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 144 140 138 142 145 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 136 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 59% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 144 146 143 145 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 65.8 Write 132 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 141 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.5 200% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-003.A 99U5584-003.A 9905471-006.A 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.7% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.3 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 43%

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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	946x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	856x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	281x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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 $79Bench 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	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16