Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (3rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 97 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 46.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	84.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (15%). 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 04 '20 at 01:13
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Memory 78.3 1-Core 58.9 2-Core 90.5 50% 75.9 Pts	4-Core 89.6 8-Core 84.7 12% 87.1 Pts	64-Core 88.4 6% 88.4 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 3FDA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 116 Parallax 128 76% 112 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 116 Splatting 98.2 101% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 112%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 458 Write 403 Mixed 365 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 38.5 131% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 236 183% 251 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 115%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 154GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 1,920 Write 26.3 Mixed 52.8 478% 666 MB/s	4K Read 211 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.4 9,064% 71.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% Great: 51%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 160GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 14 9.1 15 16 16 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 29% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-028.A Hynix HMT351U7CFR8C 99U5471-028.A Hynix HMT351U7CFR8C 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.6% Poor	MC Read 12 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.1 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 11 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 45%

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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%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	954x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	864x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	400x

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	162x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	142x
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	150x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	69x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	63x

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