Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	29.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.3 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	Mar 05 '19 at 00:57
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 74.8 2-Core 147 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 281 36% 271 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1605 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 119 Reflection 123 Parallax 110 97% 118 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 111 Splatting 0.09 51% 71.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 61 17 114 69 18 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	29.9% Poor	Read 280 Write 87.3 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 67.5 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 18.9 4K Mixed 10.7 46% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.6 DQ Write 15.8 DQ Mixed 14.7 11% 15 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 85%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2GB free Firmware: CS900612 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 425 Write 339 Mixed 309 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 30.2 131% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 158 135% 198 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 87%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 418GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 70 70 71 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 60.7 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 70.2 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 49%
Samsung HD160JJ/P 160GB-$40 2,028 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 5GB free Firmware: ZM100-34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 32 32 32 33 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 38.7 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 32.4 25% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 34%
WD My Passport 0827 500GB 371 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 329GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 17 16 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 30 Write 30 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 16.5 34% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 46%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB 653 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 32GB free, PID 2120 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 16 16 17 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 30.5 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 16.5 33% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 13.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 50%

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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	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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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