Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.8% 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	84.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 15:43
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 74.8 2-Core 147 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 435 44% 359 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 64.7 58% 69.7 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 70.7 57% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 254 205 225 164 171 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 500 Write 235 Mixed 225 SusWrite 203 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 35.6 135% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 58.7 96% 186 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 129%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 890GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 141 140 140 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 134 Mixed 89 SusWrite 134 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 149GB free Firmware: 3.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 56 57 57 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 14 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 56.1 30% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 32%
Hitachi HDS7250SASUN500G 0741KXV25H 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 387GB free Firmware: K2AOAV0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.5% Poor	Read 50.7 Write 23.8 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 24 24% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 24%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 84GB free Firmware: 3.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 49 49 49 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	30% Poor	Read 55.2 Write 14.7 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 48.8 29% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 32%

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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	46.1% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 50%

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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 $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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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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) $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