Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	18.7% 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	24% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	19.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '20 at 22:34
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 80.9 1-Core 62.4 2-Core 90.5 51% 77.9 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 245 26% 206 Pts	64-Core 250 16% 250 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 105F) 2GB CLim: 1385 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.5 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 20.8 19% 20.6 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 17.9 18% 22.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 83 37 74 70 35 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24% Poor	Read 176 Write 85 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 74.1 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 9.8 38% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 15.8 DQ Mixed 14 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 100%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 14GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 30 26 24 17 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 12.7 Write 28 Mixed 27 SusWrite 31.3 18% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 4,775 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	32% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 35%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	158x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
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	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	61x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16