Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '20 at 15:50
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 74.8 2-Core 140 60% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 419 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Device(4D50 4449) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 174 Parallax 204 111% 171 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 151 Splatting 125 124% 155 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 412 330 377 62 108 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 438 Mixed 379 SusWrite 281 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 42.6 146% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 237 184% 252 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 214GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 119 121 121 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 163 Write 154 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 118 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 671GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 110 112 113 116 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 104 Write 132 Mixed 72 SusWrite 111 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C7 2x4GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.3 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 56%

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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	952x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	863x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	399x

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	162x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	142x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16