Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20% 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	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 00:09
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (98^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 143 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 433 43% 349 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 24.9 20% 23 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 26 Splatting 19.3 19% 24.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 229 206 214 180 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 465 Write 361 Mixed 327 SusWrite 225 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 36.2 123% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 171 139% 196 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 103%
Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 10GB free Firmware: B090 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 88 87 87 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 118 Write 89 Mixed 90 SusWrite 86.4 22% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3.7 30% 7.37 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 19%
Samsung HD400LJ 400GB-$85 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 307GB free Firmware: ZZ10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 71 71 71 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 68 Write 72.5 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 70.8 47% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 41%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 692GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 108 107 107 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 112 Write 87.2 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 108 72% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 228% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 48GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 67 68 68 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 41.8 Write 25.8 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 67.2 30% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 43%
HGST 4TB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 1015 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 93 97 96 98 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 103 Write 103 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 94.7 107% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 50%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 120GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 30 Write 29.5 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 29.1 38% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 20%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 6.1 6.2 6.6 6.6 6.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	7.54% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 12.3 Mixed 12 SusWrite 6.4 16% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.8 101% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.54% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ Corsair CMX4GX3M2A160 KHX1866C10D3/ Corsair CMX4GX3M2A160 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 933, 667, 933, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.6% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 46%

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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	954x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	863x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	399x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	162x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	142x
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	150x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	69x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369