Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.2% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '19 at 01:29
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 86.7 1-Core 32 2-Core 86.5 46% 68.4 Pts	4-Core 85 8-Core 84.2 11% 84.6 Pts	64-Core 72.2 4% 72.2 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.75 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 67.4 Parallax 65.9 52% 65.6 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 53.7 50% 62.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 112 60 55 54 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 484 Write 341 Mixed 130 SusWrite 83.7 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 25.7 107% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 105 100% 158 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 565GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 141 143 144 145 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 66 SusWrite 140 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 933, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	MC Read 16 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 70.7 56% 70.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 50%

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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	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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Value: 80% - Very good

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 $45	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