Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 54.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	48.8% 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	62.4% 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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 18:12
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	54.8% Above average	Memory 88.4 1-Core 45.7 2-Core 105 52% 79.7 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 154 18% 138 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.8% Average	Lighting 58.8 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 83.5 48% 70.1 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 55.5 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5862 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3078 (B1) Unknown 81 81 224 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2399 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25055682911	62.4% Good	Read 469 Write 307 Mixed 324 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 13.8 80% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 41.8 DQ Mixed 30.5 25% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 39GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 139 3650 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 603 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 552 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 368 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 750 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 24% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3 2x4GB 457 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 10.9 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 45%

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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	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 i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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