Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	44.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '20 at 17:45
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 76 2-Core 151 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 415 43% 348 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1230 MHz, MLim: 1700 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Lighting 54.6 Reflection 63.4 Parallax 68.8 44% 62.3 fps	MRender 62.5 Gravity 54.1 Splatting 51.7 45% 56.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 15 17 138 60 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 441 Write 221 Mixed 249 SusWrite 80.5 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 18.5 70% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 59.5 DQ Mixed 41.7 43% 72.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 53%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 111GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 93 96 95 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 83 Write 82.2 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 95.3 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 72%
WD WD400BD-22JMC0 40GB 1,139 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 8GB free Firmware: 10.01E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 37 38 37 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 40.1 Write 41.6 Mixed 30.6 SusWrite 38.1 28% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 33%
Maxtor 6B200M0 204GB-$81 1,170 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 40GB free Firmware: BANC1BY0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 31 31 33 32 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 32.9 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 32 22% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.3 131% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A200 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 CMX8GX3M2A200 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 533, 667, 533, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 51%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
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 $75Bench 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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Total price: $366

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16