Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.9% 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	30.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (46%). 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 13:42
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 72 2-Core 147 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 416 39% 323 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.9% Below average	Lighting 39.8 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 37.4 32% 35.9 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 36.1 31% 38 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex PLUS R2 124GB 517 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 115 130 133 131 127 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 193 Write 144 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 124 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 9.2 44% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 77 DQ Write 21.7 DQ Mixed 12.1 19% 36.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 38%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 182 183 188 177 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 182 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 182 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 490% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C11-8G Corsair CMY16GX3M2A24 16GB 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.5% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.8 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns

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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	939x
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	157x

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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Total price: $366

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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