Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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	26.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	17.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '19 at 13:27
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 53.4 2-Core 125 54% 87.1 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 267 30% 238 Pts	64-Core 258 16% 258 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.2% Poor	Lighting 30.9 Reflection 23.3 Parallax 23.5 25% 25.9 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 32.7 28% 34.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 120GB 5,956 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP112PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 69 69 69 68 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 345 Write 327 Mixed 292 SusWrite 101 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 26.3 95% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 163 139% 203 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 91%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 18GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 69 71 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 66.2 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 70.5 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-02X.A RMR5030MM58E8 9905403-02X.A RMR5030MM58E8 20GB 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.5% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 15 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns

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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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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