Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	43.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48% 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 12:08
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 142 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 390 39% 319 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1236 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.2% Average	Lighting 51.8 Reflection 54.3 Parallax 68.9 42% 58.3 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 55.1 Splatting 50.6 45% 55.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 85 75 76 75 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48% Average	Read 259 Write 150 Mixed 182 SusWrite 76.8 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 24.4 90% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 81.9 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 83.5 72% 105 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 75%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 148GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 145 149 152 150 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 296 Write 241 Mixed 248 SusWrite 152 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 24.8 81% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 79 DQ Write 73.5 DQ Mixed 72.8 56% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 97%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 234GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 126 124 131 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 32 SusWrite 129 71% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 107%
Seagate Portable 2TB 11,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 869GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 118 121 121 122 117 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 70.3 Write 114 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 118 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.3 116% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GB 2,652 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	45.1% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 55%

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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%

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	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

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16