Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '19 at 19:22
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 131 63% 99.6 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 346 35% 282 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8094) 2GB CLim: 600 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.91% Terrible	Lighting 4.93 Reflection 5.92 Parallax 6.56 4% 5.81 fps	MRender 3.57 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 4.87 4% 4.42 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.91% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK10D7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 105 106 107 107 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 426 Write 342 Mixed 317 SusWrite 136 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 29.9 124% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 132 114% 168 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 100%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 790GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 173 170 171 169 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 151 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 170 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 7,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50% 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%

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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 i5-12600K $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