Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.6% 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	91.8% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 00:10
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 (94^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 134 61% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 433 41% 340 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% AMD(1002 0B04) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 27 Parallax 23.3 16% 23.4 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 16.4 Splatting 29.9 20% 24.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
P3-256 256GB 2,367 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: H190117D SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 412 376 398 357 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 414 Mixed 405 SusWrite 357 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 41.4 147% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 228 159% 196 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 701GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 192 184 192 192 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 160 Mixed 86 SusWrite 190 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 314GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 98 99 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 105 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 99.7 67% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 61%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 102GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 100 Write 73.1 Mixed 57.6 SusWrite 69.2 97% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 118% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KHX1866C10D3/ Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ 16GB 933, 933 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.4% Above average	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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