Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.3% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '22 at 12:13
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 66.9 2-Core 119 55% 88.7 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 337 34% 276 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600 8,087 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 094B) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 472.98 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.32% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 5.2 Parallax 4.5 3% 4.47 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 5 Splatting 4.5 4% 4.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.32% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR052 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 363 385 201 200 228 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 425 Write 352 Mixed 353 SusWrite 287 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 16.6 4K Mixed 0.4 47% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 25.2 51% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 92%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 236GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 66 66 67 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 94.4 Write 98.8 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 66.4 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 25GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 65 66 66 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 73.3 Mixed 50 SusWrite 65.7 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 68GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 107 108 111 109 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 107 Write 81.4 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 109 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A186 KHX1866C10D3/ Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A186 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 933, 667, 933, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	44.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 46%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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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	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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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Total price: $366

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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