Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	16.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (55%). 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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 10:23
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 69.8 1-Core 57.2 2-Core 118 50% 81.5 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 287 33% 255 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Zotac(19DA 3543) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.8% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 72.9 Parallax 69 68% 75.2 fps	MRender 61.3 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 68.8 55% 67 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 26 16 28 13 22 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16.8% Very poor	Read 146 Write 55 Mixed 101 SusWrite 22.5 18% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 3.7 34% 9.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 78%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 215GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 98 99 99 99 98 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 52.7 Write 57.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 99 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 58%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 412GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 143 159 158 158 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 148 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 154 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]123( 2x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 7.6 22% 7.8 GB/s	SC Read 3.5 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 4.2 11% 3.97 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 54%

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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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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	951x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	861x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	399x

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	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: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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