Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.5% 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	30.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 08:33
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 64.3 1-Core 23.7 2-Core 53.6 33% 47.2 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 437 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 47.4 Parallax 42.6 36% 44.5 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 40.2 33% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.K SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 46 35 43 39 33 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.9% Below average	Read 195 Write 50.7 Mixed 157 SusWrite 41.7 24% 111 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 12.3 43% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 141 112% 158 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 129GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 91 92 104 90 84 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 87.1 Write 82 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 91.1 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 133% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 69%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 38GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 49 54 56 55 67 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 93.1 Write 84.1 Mixed 50.9 SusWrite 55.3 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.1 88% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 63%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 137GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 87.9 Write 88 Mixed 34 SusWrite 56.4 86% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 338GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 62 81 90 81 87 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 87.8 Write 95.1 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 80.9 95% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 3,010 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 567GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 45 47 53 48 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 146 Write 151 Mixed 20 SusWrite 50.3 113% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 43% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 53%
ADATA NH03 2TB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 172GB free, PID a03a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 22 24 25 24 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 26 Write 25.7 Mixed 23.9 SusWrite 24 34% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 68% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 18.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 8 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 54%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	946x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	856x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	281x
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 $79Bench 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	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16