Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.7% 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	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '20 at 04:04
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 138 60% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 233 32% 235 Pts	64-Core 230 14% 230 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 03BE) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Lighting 32.6 Reflection 23.2 Parallax 26 26% 27.3 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 30 21% 25.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LGT-256M6G 256GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2G87901 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 355 355 345 350 351 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 451 Write 333 Mixed 254 SusWrite 347 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 24.8 87% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 151 132% 198 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 92%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 233GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 129 130 130 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 122 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 129 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0- Kingston 99U5402-029.A M378B5773DH0- Kingston 99U5402-029.A 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.8% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 13.6 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 45%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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	62x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16