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Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	23.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '21 at 17:43
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$55 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 132 62% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 292 34% 262 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$25 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 46 78 64 51 121 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.2% Poor	Read 123 Write 45.9 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 85.7 18% 81 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 10.2 41% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 9.8 DQ Write 16.6 DQ Mixed 12.2 10% 12.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 612GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 94.2 Write 7 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 7.1 22% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 84% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2x4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 18 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 49%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	971x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	884x
FX-8320AMD $153Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	412x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	289x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	169x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	143x
A400 480GBKingston $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	87x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	151x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	70x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	65x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $318

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