Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.1% 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	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '19 at 03:09
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 142 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 412 40% 330 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Gigabyte(1458 22C8) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 49.9 Reflection 50.8 Parallax 65.6 41% 55.4 fps	MRender 50.8 Gravity 48.2 Splatting 36.5 36% 45.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 869GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 318 147 61 69 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 434 Write 399 Mixed 366 SusWrite 159 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 30.4 122% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 34.5 82% 172 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 121%
St5000dm 000-1FK178 5TB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 59 54 68 75 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	9.47% Terrible	Read 82.7 Write 112 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 63.2 19% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 0.5 8% 4.17 MB/s	DQ Read 1.2 DQ Write 7.5 DQ Mixed 0.3 1% 3 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.47% Great: 19%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 19 19 19 19 18 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 90%
Seagate BUP SL 4TB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3TB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 122 124 123 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 124 Write 106 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 122 135% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 188% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GB 2,652 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 55%

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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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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