Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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	47.6% 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	82.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 01:26
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 77 2-Core 143 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 357 38% 305 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341B) CLim: 1268 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	47.6% Average	Lighting 58.7 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 74.6 48% 66.3 fps	MRender 64.3 Gravity 57.1 Splatting 53.4 47% 58.3 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$45 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 363 373 327 317 317 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 361 Write 378 Mixed 321 SusWrite 337 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 43.4 142% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 43.3 DQ Write 94.3 DQ Mixed 57.6 47% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 213 213 215 216 216 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11- F3-2133C10-4G F3-17000CL11- F3-2133C10-4G 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 13.6 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.6 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 44%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	953x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	863x
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	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	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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