Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 22% 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.8% 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	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 20:39
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	27%

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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 65.2 2-Core 127 58% 93.1 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 278 31% 246 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Palit(1569 1184) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 41.6 Parallax 56 37% 47.5 fps	MRender 57.3 Gravity 53.6 Splatting 39.8 40% 50.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 52 53 53 52 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 462 Write 380 Mixed 352 SusWrite 86 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 34.9 116% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 220 169% 229 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 91%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$35 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 385GB free Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 728 778 807 817 815 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,019 Write 907 Mixed 941 SusWrite 741 203% 902 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 53.4 175% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 391 290% 387 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 284%
Samsung HD252HJ 250GB 8,167 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 132GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 111 110 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 109 Write 53 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 109 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 58%
WD WD2000JS-00MHB0 200GB 2,544 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 103GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 60 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 52.7 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 60.2 40% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1 138% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 34%
ST500LM0 12 HN-M500MB 500GB 540 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 143GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 88 88 88 88 88 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 3.2 Write 3 Mixed 0.5 SusWrite 84.6 36% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.3 15% 0.15 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 43%
WDC WD10 SPCX-24HWST1 1TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 514GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 28 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 27.2 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 28.1 35% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 43% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-173.A 9905403-174.A 9905403-173.A 9905403-174.A 8GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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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	397x

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	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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