Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.4% 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	87.3% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '19 at 00:45
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 131 60% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 410 42% 337 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2274) 2GB CLim: 1188 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Lighting 29.3 Reflection 33 Parallax 35 24% 32.4 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 27.9 Splatting 34.3 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 478GB 728 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 205 176 231 159 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 625 Write 431 Mixed 324 SusWrite 190 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 38.7 141% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 164 122% 162 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 192 202 198 178 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 122 Mixed 85 SusWrite 190 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00 120GB-$25 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 16GB free Firmware: BB2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 45.5 Write 41.8 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 43.9 29% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 4,751 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 53%

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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	940x
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	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 $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