Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.5% 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	69.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '18 at 01:13
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 91.8 1-Core 73 2-Core 37.2 51% 67.3 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 214 22% 177 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 054F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1187 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 32.1 21% 28.3 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 25.2 Splatting 31.1 23% 28.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 100 79 69 62 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 480 Write 347 Mixed 333 SusWrite 89.1 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 28.7 121% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 154 124% 174 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 88%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 2TB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 94GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 83 82 81 80 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 110 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 84 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 4,751 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 14.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 8.1 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 53%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
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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Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16