Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.4% 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)
Boot Drive	72.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '19 at 20:07
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 130 61% 97.2 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 292 33% 260 Pts	64-Core 314 19% 314 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.200.0.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 64.2 41% 49.9 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 54.8 Splatting 43.8 36% 44 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 292 293 290 293 290 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 321 Write 124 Mixed 227 SusWrite 291 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 28.6 105% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 186 148% 208 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 128%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 119GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 49 48 50 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 53.8 Write 53.8 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 49 36% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 43%
Seagate ST2000DM005-2CW102 2TB 18,723 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 746GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 139 139 141 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 110 Write 138 Mixed 123 SusWrite 140 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 259% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 88%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 483GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 49 48 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 66 SusWrite 49 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 62%
Kingston DataTraveler 109 8GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1662 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 3.3 4 2.1 3.2 3.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.61% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 14.5 Mixed 8.8 SusWrite 3 14% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.61% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 733 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 19 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 77%

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

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
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 $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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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