Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.9% 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	92.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 13:21
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 144 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 421 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% PowerColor(148C 2391) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 92.3 60% 81 fps	MRender 74.5 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 63.3 57% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 22DD) CLim: 1212 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Lighting 27.1 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 34.2 22% 30.8 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 26.9 Splatting 34.4 25% 30.6 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 4+0 Stripe/RAID0 476GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 121 170 150 114 107 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 954 Write 222 Mixed 751 SusWrite 206 118% 533 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 31.1 123% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 19.5 DQ Mixed 2.4 27% 69.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 151%
Hitachi HTS541010A9 1TB 372 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 929GB free Firmware: JA0O SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 99 99 99 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.8 Mixed 39 SusWrite 98.4 61% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 59%
Samsung UHD Video Pack 500GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 466GB free, PID 62c8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 115 114 115 114 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 111 Write 81 Mixed 59 SusWrite 113 120% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 121% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Atermiter X.A 4x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 17.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 50%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16