Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	97.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '18 at 15:21
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 73 2-Core 135 61% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 415 39% 325 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 136 Parallax 116 102% 126 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 57 51 110 62 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 475 Write 385 Mixed 368 SusWrite 118 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 14.2 4K Mixed 1.2 57% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 23.4 DQ Mixed 49.4 56% 103 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 708GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 196 192 195 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 161 Mixed 97.8 SusWrite 194 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-439.A KHX1600C9D3/4 8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 43%

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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%

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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	859x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

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	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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Total price: $366

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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