Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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	27.8% 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	66.9% 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 @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '18 at 21:25
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 115 58% 90.2 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 193 30% 217 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Gigabyte(1458 22FF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1325 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 34.2 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 39.7 28% 35.9 fps	MRender 32.1 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 35.7 28% 33.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 67 68 68 69 70 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 408 Write 283 Mixed 298 SusWrite 88.5 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 25.3 121% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 168 136% 193 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 94%
Samsung HD160JJ/P 160GB-$40 2,028 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 68GB free Firmware: ZM100-38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 59 59 59 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 62.4 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 59.5 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 34%
Samsung HE160HJ 160GB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 71GB free Firmware: JF800-24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 71.4 Write 71 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 55.3 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 44%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G 8GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 5.9 5.9 5.9 5 5.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	7.02% Terrible	Read 30.4 Write 4.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 5.6 11% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.02% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Ser 4x4GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.4 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 51%

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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	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	159x

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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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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16