Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 60.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.3% 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	58.8% 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '20 at 16:56
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 66.8 2-Core 111 56% 87.7 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 234 29% 220 Pts	64-Core 261 16% 261 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Sapphire(174B E306) CLim: 918 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	33.3% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 45.9 Parallax 46.2 34% 44.8 fps	MRender 46.5 Gravity 37 Splatting 33.3 31% 38.9 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 100 100 95 98 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 317 Write 104 Mixed 167 SusWrite 100 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 31.1 108% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 140 105% 142 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 73%
Adata ED600 240GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 42GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 29 30 30 30 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.5% Very poor	Read 29.8 Write 29 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 29.7 7% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 7.2 24% 7.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 71%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 59GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 96 101 101 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 99 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 98.3 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 58%

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 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.4% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 9 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 7.3 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.4% 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	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 i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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