Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.3% 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	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '17 at 20:41
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 123 57% 91.2 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 387 37% 305 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% EVGA(3842 2758) 2GB CLim: 1502 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 18.9 18% 19.9 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 19.2 18% 22.4 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6758 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1648 (A6) Unknown 100 100 64 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 299 (A9) Unknown 100 100 175 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 194 (AE) Unknown 100 100 271 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 44 188979740702 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1582 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25207 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9429 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16961 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	57.7% Above average	Read 371 Write 276 Mixed 302 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 13.2 83% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 12.7 18% 31.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896895157 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4597 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1566 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4601 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4601 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 201864642590 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	97.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 173 Mixed 89.4 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.21 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 DDR3 1866 DDR3 1866 DDR3 1866 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	44.5% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	158x

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	61x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16