Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '20 at 16:06
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 80.2 2-Core 160 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 478 49% 396 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 65%

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 (96^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 109 63% 88.5 fps	MRender 77.2 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 62.9 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 47 44 41 43 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 451 Write 120 Mixed 137 SusWrite 46 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 25.2 104% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 57 72% 131 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 83GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 413 397 358 304 263 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 445 Mixed 389 SusWrite 356 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 49.9 162% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 261 196% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 430GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 409 434 436 442 441 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 318 Mixed 428 SusWrite 424 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 51.1 168% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 242 178% 236 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 129%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 358GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 69 68 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 82.2 Write 80.2 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 68 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-170.A Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 9905403-170.A Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.4% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 15.5 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 45%

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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 $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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Value: 80% - Very good

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 $15	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) $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