Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.7% 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	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '19 at 14:19
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 118 60% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 334 36% 284 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3722) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 59.3 55% 65 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 69 56% 68.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 108 61 59 57 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 438 Write 351 Mixed 298 SusWrite 78.1 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 9.1 75% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 162 140% 205 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 931GB free Firmware: CV26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 196 205 206 206 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 184 Mixed 90.4 SusWrite 201 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 119%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 158GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 77 76 76 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 84.8 Write 85.4 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 76.2 101% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%

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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%

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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	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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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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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