Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 61.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25% 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	79.1% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 14:21
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 114 56% 88.8 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 384 36% 302 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PwrHis(1787 2020) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25% Poor	Lighting 17 Reflection 19.6 Parallax 55.3 14% 30.6 fps	MRender 55.9 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 69.2 47% 55.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 362 348 322 266 235 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 395 Write 381 Mixed 319 SusWrite 312 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 39.6 132% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 49.9 43% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 83 85 83 82 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 123 Write 112 Mixed 102 SusWrite 83.9 24% 105 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 26.2 96% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 30.8 32% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x8GB 2,237 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 21 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 18 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 55%

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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%

Surfboard

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