Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 65.9%, 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	32.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 18:39
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 62.6 2-Core 133 59% 94.8 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 435 40% 335 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Device(7377 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.9% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 28.2 Parallax 38.3 34% 36 fps	MRender 33.6 Gravity 37.2 Splatting 33 28% 34.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 32 42 48 42 64 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.3% Below average	Read 207 Write 160 Mixed 182 SusWrite 52 34% 150 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 1.8 56% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 29.1 48% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 78%
NE-512 512GB 5,933 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 477GB free Firmware: S0620A SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 653 686 724 718 712 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,125 Write 829 Mixed 723 SusWrite 689 188% 842 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 40.1 159% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 499 DQ Write 389 DQ Mixed 437 329% 442 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 264%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 228GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 121 Write 110 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 99 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 149GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 96 93 94 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 107 Mixed 69 SusWrite 94.5 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U7BFR8C 4x4GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.3% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 17 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 100%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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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