Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	8.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 08:19
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th 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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 68.6 2-Core 133 58% 94.9 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 338 36% 288 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2067) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 94.5 Parallax 93.8 83% 96.9 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 78.7 78% 97.9 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 86 89 91 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 335 Write 338 Mixed 240 SusWrite 86.9 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 31.5 104% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 83.3 DQ Mixed 41.6 36% 51.9 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 52GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 90 92 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 162 Write 134 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 88.8 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,926 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 9.3 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 53%

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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%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
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	157x

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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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