Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.7% 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	65.1% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 18:03
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 67 2-Core 128 58% 92.8 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 282 31% 245 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Lighting 35.8 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 31.1 29% 33.7 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 32.9 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 201 200 203 213 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 375 Write 340 Mixed 341 SusWrite 196 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 36.2 113% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 69.5 DQ Mixed 51.3 40% 52.6 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 123%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 882GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 25 24 25 26 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 59%
WD WD6400AVVS-63H0B1 640GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 501GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 83 82 82 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 83.8 Write 77.6 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 81.8 54% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 48%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 428GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 119 119 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 118 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 87%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 347GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 73.6 Write 34.7 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 104 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 4,786 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 47%

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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	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16