Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18% 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	66.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 14:49
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 150 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 356 40% 312 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Sapphire(1DA2 E367) 2GB CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 19.4 Reflection 32 Parallax 22.5 16% 24.6 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 34.1 22% 26.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV400S37120G 120GB 965 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3F SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 64 61 56 58 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 409 Write 345 Mixed 125 SusWrite 86.7 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 34.5 120% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 101 93% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 328GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 97 95 97 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 148 Write 152 Mixed 119 SusWrite 97.4 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 109%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 155GB free Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 59 59 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 58.6 Write 59.4 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 59.2 40% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 35%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4.8 14 15 15 15 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	9.85% Terrible	Read 30.1 Write 12.7 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 11.3 17% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 64% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.85% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ8GX3M2A186 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ8GX3M2A186 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 78%

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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	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
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	157x

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

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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