Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.5% 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	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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 19:30
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 147 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 440 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1230 MHz, MLim: 1700 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.2.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.5% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 76.4 0% 46.4 fps	MRender 63.3 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 51.5 46% 56.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS1 20G2G0A-00JH30 120GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 65GB free Firmware: UE45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 41 43 80 77 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 406 Write 251 Mixed 158 SusWrite 86.4 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 17.2 66% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 49.8 DQ Mixed 25.3 34% 62.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 53%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 61 58 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 97.1 Write 96.8 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 58.7 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 72%
Maxtor 6 B200M0 204GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 190GB free Firmware: BANC SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 64.1 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 63.2 41% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.4 145% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 35%
WD WD400BD-22JMC0 40GB 1,139 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 7GB free Firmware: 10.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 34 35 34 33 34 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 41 Write 41.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 34.3 27% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A200 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 CMX8GX3M2A200 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 533, 667, 533, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.1% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 51%

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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 $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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Total price: $366

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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