Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.9% 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	51.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '19 at 11:39
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 124 58% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 347 34% 277 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0468) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.7.5 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Lighting 61.4 Reflection 55 Parallax 70.2 50% 62.2 fps	MRender 55 Gravity 52.4 Splatting 70.1 50% 59.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 3,411 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 71 69 70 70 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 426 Write 322 Mixed 279 SusWrite 90.8 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 10.4 80% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 18.3 46% 94.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 451GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 68 70 70 70 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 88 Write 84.8 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 69.5 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ CMX4GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 667, 933, 667, 933 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 13.1 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 44%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

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	159x

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 $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16