Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 60.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	16.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '23 at 14:23
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 123 56% 90.5 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 344 35% 282 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Device(0000 0000) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.19% Terrible	Lighting 5.1 Reflection 6.8 Parallax 6.6 4% 6.17 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 5.2 4% 5.17 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.19% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
IBM ServeRAID M5015 999GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 887GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 184 184 177 173 187 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 624 Mixed 610 SusWrite 182 119% 531 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 48.5 166% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 93 DQ Mixed 61.3 72% 130 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 162%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 633GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 87 87 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 68.2 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 86.9 61% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 65%
IBM ServeRAID M5015 4TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: 2.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 34 35 35 34 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 128%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 111 115 114 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 127 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 112 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 84%
IBM ServeRAID M5015 18TB 16TB free Firmware: 2.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 5 5 5.1 4.6 4.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ CMX4GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 933, 667, 933 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.4 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 12.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 45%

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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	949x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	860x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	160x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16