Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 17:43
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 82.5 1-Core 50.5 2-Core 93.9 50% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 284 27% 223 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86BB) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65% Good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 80 Parallax 70.1 68% 77.9 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 75.7 Splatting 70.9 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 131 170 152 146 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 361 Write 339 Mixed 208 SusWrite 144 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 25.6 90% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 41.1 35% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 59GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 88 90 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 120 Write 110 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 89.5 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 53GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 138 170 153 146 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 150 Write 108 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 146 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 112%
WD WD5001ABYS-01YNA0 500GB 1,077 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 67GB free Firmware: 59.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 66 67 68 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 69 Write 71.5 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 67.1 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A 9905584-022.A 9905402-661.A 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.2% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 33%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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 $40	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