Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.7% 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	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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '20 at 10:21
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 72 2-Core 141 61% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 404 38% 318 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 117 Parallax 96.7 95% 110 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 212 214 226 231 227 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 417 Mixed 315 SusWrite 240 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 45.1 149% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 252 186% 243 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 114%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 299GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 315 167 160 160 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 484 Write 431 Mixed 341 SusWrite 219 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 39.4 146% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 256 187% 244 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 123%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 174 176 179 179 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 156 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 178 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 11GB free, PID 3267 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 115 Write 33.5 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 34.5 57% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1 78% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-066.A F3-10600CL9-2 F3-10600CL9-2 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 800, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.8% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8.6 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 8.9 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 31%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	859x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

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	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16