Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% 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 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.6% 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	69.7% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	16.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 16:07
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 59.9 2-Core 132 56% 91.5 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 344 38% 297 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3212) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.6% Below average	Lighting 43.6 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 53.8 36% 42.2 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 44.7 Splatting 36.1 30% 36.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 125 75 103 115 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 370 Write 330 Mixed 277 SusWrite 111 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 30.5 124% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 175 148% 214 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 607GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 135 130 136 137 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 109 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 134 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-13-13 D3 2x4GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.3 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.1% 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%

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	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	158x

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 i5-13600K $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 $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) $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