Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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	2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '19 at 08:17
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 128 57% 92.2 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 370 36% 294 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 854A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 76.4 Parallax 68.5 63% 74.1 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 74.9 60% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 321 305 324 325 308 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 406 Write 320 Mixed 250 SusWrite 317 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 23 82% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 143 119% 173 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 674GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 156 150 160 164 167 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 138 Write 127 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 158 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 919GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 151 151 153 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 146 Mixed 93.3 SusWrite 152 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%
WDC WD5000AAKX-08U6A 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 171GB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.6% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 29.8 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 29.8 40% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2x4GB 479 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.7 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 51%

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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	939x
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	157x

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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