Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 19:44
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 59.4 2-Core 112 55% 85.7 Pts	4-Core 197 8-Core 303 31% 250 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 90.8 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 85.9 74% 86.7 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 73.6 72% 90 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 171 152 152 152 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 359 Write 320 Mixed 283 SusWrite 160 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 45.6 125% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 260 195% 261 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 134GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 217 276 304 315 315 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 330 Write 351 Mixed 348 SusWrite 268 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 24.4 98% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 258 194% 260 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 124%
Patriot P200 1TB 851 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 468GB free Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 207 230 9.6 10 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 291 Write 300 Mixed 258 SusWrite 108 54% 239 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 14.2 68% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 0.6 49% 114 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 94%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 140 142 144 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 139 Write 129 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 139 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 86%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 542GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 126 131 130 131 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 124 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 88%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 397GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 90 91 92 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 89.5 Mixed 60 SusWrite 90.8 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 2x8GB 1,087 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 14.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10.3 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 52%

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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%

Battle cruiser

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 $175Bench 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	159x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16