Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.2% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '20 at 02:07
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (99^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 144 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 418 42% 339 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3968) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 46.8 Parallax 46.1 41% 47.8 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 37.8 33% 40 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 147 31 95 109 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 404 Write 322 Mixed 226 SusWrite 120 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 17.9 60% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 44.1 48% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 55%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 370GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 58.7 Write 58.8 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 43.6 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 51%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 476GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 144 143 142 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 193 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 142 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 756GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 170 152 171 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 169 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 171 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 933, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 50%

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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	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	852x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	393x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	278x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	157x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	139x
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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Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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