Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.9% 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)
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	17.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 21:26
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 83.5 2-Core 165 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 493 48% 394 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.12.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 35.4 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 42.4 29% 36.5 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 29.6 Splatting 36.3 26% 31.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,010 Write 3,467 Mixed 927 617% 2,801 MB/s	4K Read 271 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 184 728% 203 MB/s	DQ Read 674 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 540 407% 550 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 362GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 152 151 153 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 133 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 153 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 216 211 211 215 220 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 155 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 213 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 192GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 115 117 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 167 Mixed 118 SusWrite 117 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ 24GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 933, 933, 933, 933 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 19.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 15.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 56%

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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	942x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
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	61x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16