Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.57% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	129% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 12:30
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 67.3 2-Core 140 61% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 300 36% 277 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 1GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Lighting 9.5 Reflection 8.58 Parallax 10 8% 9.36 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 8.13 Splatting 7.65 7% 9.04 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-256M8 256GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 454 358 336 393 264 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 986 Write 800 Mixed 564 SusWrite 377 152% 682 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 51 171% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 344 246% 319 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 205%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 63GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 75 76 74 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 66.7 Write 68.4 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 74.3 51% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 86%
Seagate ST2000DM005-2CW102 2TB 18,723 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 555GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 122 119 121 124 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 91.6 Write 118 Mixed 112 SusWrite 121 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 365% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 88%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 90 91 89 90 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 89.6 Write 89.2 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 89.2 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 63%
Seagate ST2000DM005-2CW102 2TB 18,723 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 166 167 169 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 132 Write 158 Mixed 132 SusWrite 166 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.8 362% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 858 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 21 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
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 $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 $40	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