Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120814
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	May 01 '23 at 21:22
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.45 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 137 60% 97.6 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 282 33% 258 Pts	64-Core 313 19% 313 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 90% 110 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 107 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3700100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 73 61 63 47 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 385 Write 337 Mixed 309 SusWrite 68.5 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 10.6 80% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 93.9 DQ Mixed 11.8 24% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 124GB free Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 231 232 179 242 205 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 965 Write 879 Mixed 841 SusWrite 278 166% 741 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 44.9 152% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 476 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 420 308% 406 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 237%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 473GB free Firmware: 01.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 85 84 85 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 107 Write 114 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 84.1 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 62%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: 0001MBC1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 77 62 63 49 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 70 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $74Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16