Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '17 at 10:43
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 80.3 2-Core 147 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 382 42% 329 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2372) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.3% Average	Lighting 61 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 75.7 50% 67.5 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 58.8 Splatting 54.6 48% 60.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 477GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 169 Mixed 178 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 5.71 4K Mixed 0.74 224% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 122%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 320GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 135GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 84.3 Write 126 Mixed 119 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.28 4K Mixed 0.71 191% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 800, 800, 933, 933 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 13.4 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 55%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	859x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $363

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16