Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 60.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.3% 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	64.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141021
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '19 at 05:23
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 49 2-Core 99.6 51% 78.5 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 318 30% 251 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 116 Parallax 108 75% 106 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 95 68 53 35 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 455 Write 345 Mixed 114 SusWrite 71.3 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 29.9 100% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 162 141% 210 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 601GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 177 177 177 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 194 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 177 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 248GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 123 122 123 120 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 192 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 122 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 484GB free, PID 0c15 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	8.06% Terrible	Read 33.2 Write 7 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 7.1 15% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 40% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.06% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ Team-Elite-16 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.2% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.6 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 43%

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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	949x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	860x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	398x

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	160x

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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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