Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.5% 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.
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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '19 at 12:19
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.95 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 173 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 498 50% 409 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	6.5% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 6.75 6% 7.94 fps	MRender 6.57 Gravity 9.97 Splatting 8.96 7% 8.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.5% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 672GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 496 485 480 484 486 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 679GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 122 121 120 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 120 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 162% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 729GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 99 96 98 95 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 189 Write 183 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 97.1 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.6 313% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 111%
ST2000LX 001-1RG174 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 824GB free, PID 0716 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.6% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 33.1 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 26.4 41% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 86% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 45%
SDXC Card 128GB 9,908 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 111GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 44 47 47 48 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 88.1 Write 48.9 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 46.8 72% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 4.7 262% 5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 135GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 59 59 58 59 58 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 52.4 Mixed 47.1 SusWrite 57.8 73% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.8 210% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Wireless Plus 2TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 824GB free, PID a314 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 57 55 57 54 57 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 92 Write 65.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 55 80% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Ser 2x8GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 56%

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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	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 $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	62x

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Value: 80% - Very good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16