Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 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 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.03% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (44%). 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 11:05
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	44%

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-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 63 2-Core 119 56% 88.5 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 350 34% 278 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Zotac(19DA 1258) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.03% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 7.54 Parallax 8.75 6% 8.11 fps	MRender 8.43 Gravity 9.87 Splatting 10.5 8% 9.61 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.03% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 719GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 246 238 228 254 238 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 309 Write 264 Mixed 228 SusWrite 238 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 29.9 102% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 207 164% 229 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G16002 2x8GB 6,044 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.1% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.8 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 61%

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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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Typical GA-970A-DS3P Builds (Compare 3,175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	940x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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