Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 60.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.65% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '20 at 23:56
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 68 2-Core 123 57% 91.6 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 263 30% 237 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 8326) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	3.65% Terrible	Lighting 4.73 Reflection 5.73 Parallax 1.97 4% 4.14 fps	MRender 5.67 Gravity 3.23 Splatting 3.39 3% 4.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.65% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 0.3 2.1 2.7 1.2 4.6 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.3% Average	Read 197 Write 95.7 Mixed 189 SusWrite 15.6 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 23 89% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 176 140% 196 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 793GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 138 138 139 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 134 Mixed 95.3 SusWrite 137 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 85%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 510 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free, PID 0110 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 28.7 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 15.8 34% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 63%
SAMSUNG HD502HI 500GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 89GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 19.3 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 15.8 30% 22.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 20%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 224GB free, PID a008 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 77 77 71 77 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	30% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 59.2 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 75.9 69% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 3,795 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.3 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 32%

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	853x
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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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 $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) $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