Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '20 at 22:47
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 73 2-Core 141 60% 99.2 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 435 42% 349 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% XFX(1682 C570) CLim: 1286 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 79.7 53% 70.2 fps	MRender 65.3 Gravity 62 Splatting 54.4 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 206GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 146 147 148 149 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	70% Very good	Read 398 Write 385 Mixed 355 SusWrite 147 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 39.8 137% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 87.3 DQ Mixed 53.5 42% 54.7 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 890GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 145 147 148 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 165 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 145 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 109%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800GB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 70 72 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 79.4 Write 83.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 70.8 99% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.7 271% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EWB4GB681PAE- 2x4GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.6% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 46%

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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%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	158x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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