Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.3% 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	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '20 at 10:26
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 137 60% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 315 36% 278 Pts	64-Core 312 19% 312 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1435 MHz, MLim: 1367 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 19.6 Reflection 18.8 Parallax 18.3 16% 18.9 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 20.5 Splatting 18 17% 21.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 19%
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 1771 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (40 fps cap detected)	33.3% Below average	Lighting 41.5 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 39.9 34% 38.3 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 38.8 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z232 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 169 172 163 169 172 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 400 Write 163 Mixed 187 SusWrite 167 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 11.8 81% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 72 80% 135 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 840GB free Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 162 169 170 169 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 164 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 167 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV8GX3M1A160 CMZ8GX3M1A160 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 14.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 49%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

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	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16