Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.3% 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	71.3% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '21 at 07:47
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 74.2 2-Core 134 61% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 417 41% 334 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 3635) 3GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 24.4 Reflection 27.1 Parallax 32.1 20% 27.9 fps	MRender 33.5 Gravity 31.2 Splatting 25 24% 29.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 141 142 141 135 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 442 Write 373 Mixed 324 SusWrite 170 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 32.3 116% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 61.9 DQ Mixed 112 97% 151 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 115%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 34GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 88 89 90 89 87 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	43.2% Average	Read 284 Write 117 Mixed 164 SusWrite 89.1 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 21.6 75% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 86 DQ Write 53.1 DQ Mixed 94.9 64% 78 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 75%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 390GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 130 133 125 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 125 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 129 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 74%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 5,582 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 579GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 121 121 114 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 140 Write 142 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 119 136% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 43% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 14.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	24"	1280 720	SAM07D6 SMS24A350H

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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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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 $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