Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 10:11
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 62.2 2-Core 89.9 50% 76.1 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 240 28% 214 Pts	64-Core 235 15% 235 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 845B) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 20.2 Reflection 18.7 Parallax 24.8 16% 21.2 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 24.1 Splatting 22.1 20% 24.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 18%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 140 139 144 142 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 397 Write 371 Mixed 297 SusWrite 160 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 41.3 138% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 144 137% 215 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.7% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 38%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	949x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	860x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	160x

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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16