Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 23% 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 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.7% 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	61.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '20 at 07:31
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	21%

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-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 68.8 2-Core 132 60% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 316 34% 273 Pts	64-Core 312 19% 312 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 3000) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 62 41% 48.5 fps	MRender 32.1 Gravity 51.7 Splatting 41.6 34% 41.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS120GSSD220S 120GB 8,401 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0509A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 41 32 42 39 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 485 Write 309 Mixed 369 SusWrite 54.7 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 25.9 113% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 80.8 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 44.8 51% 85.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 96%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 408GB free Firmware: GM4OA5FA SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 72 69 70 73 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 76 Write 70.5 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 70.7 46% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 51%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 99 98 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 100 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 98.1 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 181% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 60%
USB DISK Pro 64GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 4323 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 3.7 4.8 3.6 3.7 4.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	4.07% Terrible	Read 15.7 Write 4 Mixed 10 SusWrite 3.9 10% 8.4 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.07% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 50%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
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

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16