Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.4% 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	85.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '19 at 06:13
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 138 59% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 409 39% 323 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.7 82% 102 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 97 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 246 238 233 233 234 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 468 Write 400 Mixed 338 SusWrite 254 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 36.5 130% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 261 196% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 248GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 51GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 280 243 200 191 192 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 463 Write 419 Mixed 343 SusWrite 238 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 41.1 135% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 260 195% 261 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 124%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 917GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 31 31 31 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 31.2 Mixed 26.4 SusWrite 30.8 41% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 45%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2.5TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 30 30 31 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 30 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 30.3 40% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 4x8GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 93%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
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	159x

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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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