Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 57.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	26.1% 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	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). 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	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 22:49
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Memory 73.5 1-Core 62.1 2-Core 127 53% 87.6 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 438 39% 332 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% XFX(1682 9270) 2GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Lighting 32.5 Reflection 29 Parallax 39 26% 33.5 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 28.7 Splatting 35 25% 30.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 604GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0817B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 100 279 122 12 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 296 Write 248 Mixed 247 SusWrite 110 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 13.6 67% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 9 DQ Mixed 0.8 5% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 188 157 194 194 185 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 125 Write 170 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 184 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EWB8GB681PAE- 4x8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 17 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.7 26% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 93.4 43% 93.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 48%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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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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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