Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	137% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2880 x 1620 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '23 at 20:42
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	MKD-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 141 64% 102 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 399 37% 310 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Device(4D50 4449) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 166 Parallax 161 152% 171 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 130 Splatting 111 111% 140 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 344 405 377 279 251 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,082 Write 925 Mixed 924 SusWrite 324 182% 814 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 52.8 179% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 493 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 435 319% 421 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 237%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 159GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 187 229 246 275 281 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 410 Write 405 Mixed 318 SusWrite 229 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 34.6 119% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 158 137% 201 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 102%
SSD 1TB 1TB 1,423 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 954GB free Firmware: V8352c31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 175 210 225 249 253 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.2% Good	Read 238 Write 224 Mixed 188 SusWrite 210 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 30.4 105% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 74.2 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 117 95% 130 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 259%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 284GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 119 119 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 121 Write 114 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 117 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 70GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 101 103 100 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 101 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 77%
WD WD7500AARX-00N0YB0 750GB 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 493GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 75 75 74 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 76.6 Write 70.6 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 74.7 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 61%
Seagate STM3500418AS 500GB 8,252 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 43GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 92 94 92 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 88.7 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 92.8 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/ KHX2133C11D3/ 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16