Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.7% 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	85.2% 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	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

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '22 at 08:21
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 44.6 2-Core 107 53% 81 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 356 36% 289 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% AMD(1002 0B04) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.5.2 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 5.4 Parallax 22.4 12% 14.1 fps	MRender 23.7 Gravity 17.3 Splatting 22.6 17% 21.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Xraydisk 256GB 256GB 1,063 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFQBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 408 395 398 350 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 362 Write 152 Mixed 354 SusWrite 335 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 36.3 133% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 158 132% 192 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 156%
SSD 128GB 128GB 7,332 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1GB free Firmware: FW200326 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 267 Write 223 Mixed 25.9 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 6.6 73% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 14.9 DQ Mixed 8 26% 60.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 337GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 126 127 129 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 115 Write 125 Mixed 64 SusWrite 126 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 88%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 3,010 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2.5TB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 16 17 17 17 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 30.3 Write 26.9 Mixed 22.4 SusWrite 16.5 32% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.4 166% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 53%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 181GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 28.8 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 17 34% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x8GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 63%

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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	158x

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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