Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). 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	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 10:26
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (53^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 way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 66.5 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 110 51% 82.7 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 377 38% 308 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8572) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.53% Terrible	Lighting 4.13 Reflection 3.96 Parallax 4.09 3% 4.06 fps	MRender 4.29 Gravity 3.67 Splatting 5.74 4% 4.56 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.53% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV500480G 480GB 7,138 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: 003056RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 190 172 137 154 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 435 Write 376 Mixed 331 SusWrite 184 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 34.1 115% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 167 147% 221 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 95%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 134 137 137 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 121 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 135 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 355GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 180 182 181 181 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 125 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 180 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 4,775 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	31% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 11 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 35%

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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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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 $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