Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	28.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 02:32
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 50.3 2-Core 133 55% 90 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 408 39% 320 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.4 13% 14.5 fps	MRender 6.1 Gravity 17.1 Splatting 18.5 12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 160 150 177 166 69 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.4% Poor	Read 150 Write 86.1 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 154 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 10.5 40% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 10 DQ Write 18.5 DQ Mixed 12.8 10% 13.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 100%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 300GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 106 106 103 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 95.4 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 102 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600 1x8GB 898 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	30.8% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.3 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 32%

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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%

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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 $175Bench 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

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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