Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.3% 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	96.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 14:54
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 61.7 2-Core 126 59% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 330 34% 274 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 64%

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: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 33.4 Reflection 24.9 Parallax 30.9 27% 29.7 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 31.8 28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS5 00G2B0A 500GB 267 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 280GB free (System drive) Firmware: X611 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 370 384 386 387 389 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 394 Mixed 295 SusWrite 385 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 44.8 148% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 215 166% 228 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free Firmware: 521A SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 82 78 73 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 123 Write 98.1 Mixed 117 SusWrite 79.5 24% 104 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 30.7 106% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 90.4 72% 101 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 197GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 169 Write 139 Mixed 70 SusWrite 61.6 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 114%
WD WD10EVDS-63N5B1 1TB 3,131 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 275GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 81.5 Write 85 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 61.6 53% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 14.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

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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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Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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