Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	53.1% 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	74.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '19 at 23:13
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 77.8 1-Core 65.3 2-Core 125 55% 89.4 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 275 32% 248 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 60.4 54% 64.9 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 62 Splatting 54 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BX800G4R 800GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: G201DL2B SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 340 359 354 347 357 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 326 Write 359 Mixed 257 SusWrite 345 73% 322 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 27 94% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 243 182% 243 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 92 89 86 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 142 Write 72 Mixed 72 SusWrite 88.2 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.3 261% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 1,467 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 14.3 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10.2 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 51%

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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 $51Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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