Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.4% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	May 02 '22 at 11:18
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 65.5 2-Core 119 56% 89.3 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 232 29% 219 Pts	64-Core 241 15% 241 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 372A) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 41 Parallax 39.1 36% 41.4 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 27.7 28% 35.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 184GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 305 262 378 405 343 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 553 Write 386 Mixed 312 SusWrite 324 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 23.6 90% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 21.6 DQ Mixed 46.4 73% 151 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 236%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFME1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 105 37 93 58 73 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 724GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 142 113 148 139 138 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 136 Mixed 68.9 SusWrite 134 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 97%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 365GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 81 103 103 103 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 155 Write 149 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 97.4 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 100%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 920GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 178 141 186 183 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 152 Mixed 33 SusWrite 172 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x8GB 368 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 17 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.2 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 101%

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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	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16