Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.08% 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	53.2% 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 05:18
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 1.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 88.3 1-Core 79.8 2-Core 54 54% 74 Pts	4-Core 77.9 8-Core 134 13% 106 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 C879) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.95 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	8.08% Terrible	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 3.91 9% 8.38 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 6.7 6% 7.58 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.08% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 240GB-$81 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 110 109 109 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 294 Write 241 Mixed 254 SusWrite 106 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 31 104% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 44.7 37% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 94%
PNY SSD2SC240GD4DH08B-T 240GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 210GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 222 218 233 219 216 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 288 Write 271 Mixed 243 SusWrite 223 58% 256 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 33.4 117% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 35.9 34% 51.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 95%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 224GB free Firmware: V56OA7EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 65 69 71 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 69 Write 63.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 68.7 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 40%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 109 110 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 61 SusWrite 107 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 70%
Kingston DataTraveler 120 16GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 10GB free, PID 1623 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 3.2 3 3.2 3 3.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	2.47% Terrible	Read 7.3 Write 1 Mixed 4 SusWrite 3 4% 3.83 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.47% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Dark-1600 2x8GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	41.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 15 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 12.5 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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