Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.3% 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	26% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '20 at 23:38
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 74.6 2-Core 132 61% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 337 34% 277 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3729) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Lighting 39 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 37.5 32% 35.6 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 38 Splatting 35.8 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 43 58 45 67 46 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26% Poor	Read 181 Write 97 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 60.3 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 10.8 48% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.9 DQ Write 16 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 15.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 102%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 201GB free Firmware: UF510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 100 132 118 116 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 445 Write 319 Mixed 296 SusWrite 154 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 18.3 65% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 76.6 DQ Mixed 44.6 47% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 55%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 633GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 99 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 100 114% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,425 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 13.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 50%

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

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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