Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.6% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 18:00
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (90^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 74 2-Core 146 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 427 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 110 66% 90 fps	MRender 76.9 Gravity 81.9 Splatting 63.8 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Axiom C560 Series SSD 128GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0821D SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 118 154 155 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 496 Write 155 Mixed 209 SusWrite 146 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 31.1 110% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 146 123% 181 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 79%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 805GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 173 173 173 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 158 Mixed 107 SusWrite 172 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 71%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

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 $175Bench 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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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