Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.3% 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	38.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 21:22
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 140 60% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 432 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PNY(196E 0995) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 21.8 Parallax 29.7 18% 24.5 fps	MRender 32.4 Gravity 28.4 Splatting 22.7 22% 27.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 60GB-$62 661 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 35 28 32 22 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 312 Write 41 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 30.2 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 6 75% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 26.9 DQ Mixed 8.6 24% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 62%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 403GB free Firmware: CV26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 215 214 214 218 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 183 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 215 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 259GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 127 128 127 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 125 Mixed 103 SusWrite 128 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 KHX1866C10D3/ Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 933, 667, 933, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 45%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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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