Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '20 at 03:03
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 75.3 1-Core 66.7 2-Core 113 53% 85.1 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 260 26% 214 Pts	64-Core 227 14% 227 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 210B) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	4.92% Terrible	Lighting 6.33 Reflection 5.12 Parallax 10.4 5% 7.27 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 8.23 Splatting 4.04 4% 5.6 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.92% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 60 53 53 53 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 454 Write 387 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 89 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 29.1 93% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 47.3 DQ Mixed 79.7 76% 124 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 92%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 500GB free Firmware: HP40 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 117 118 117 118 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 113 Write 74.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 116 67% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 241GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 112 112 112 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 94 Write 66.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 107 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 70%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 32GB 207 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 7GB free, PID dd33 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 15 15 15 16 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	9.84% Terrible	Read 29.5 Write 5.5 Mixed 19 SusWrite 13.9 20% 17 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 62% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.84% Great: 62%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 3.6 2.9 3.7 3.6 3.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.93% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 20.8 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 3.8 18% 14 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 23% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.93% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-006.A Micron 18JSF51272AZ- 9905471-006.A 12GB 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.8% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 11.9 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 89.7 45% 89.7 ns

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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%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
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 $80Bench 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

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16