Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.3% 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	59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '21 at 08:56
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 131 61% 97.4 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 288 32% 254 Pts	64-Core 284 18% 284 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 048F) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1001.0 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 36.3 21% 30.4 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 28.1 Splatting 27.4 22% 26.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 40 48 43 47 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 352 Write 339 Mixed 241 SusWrite 74 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 36.1 121% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 39.8 DQ Write 90.1 DQ Mixed 47.2 41% 59 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 163GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 78 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 99.2 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 78.6 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 70%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 146GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 68.3 Write 59.2 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 78.5 45% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 184GB free Firmware: MS2OA610 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 99 114 137 113 114 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 144 Write 15.2 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 110 53% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 GR1600D364L11 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.5% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.5 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 44%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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