Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	26 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '20 at 16:28
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 45.1 2-Core 127 55% 88.2 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 362 36% 293 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217 72,993 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Gigabyte(1458 2318) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59% Above average	Lighting 73.9 Reflection 54.3 Parallax 108 60% 78.7 fps	MRender 53.8 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 74.4 56% 67.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253E2512G 512GB 801 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1022A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 365 383 415 364 360 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 348 Write 349 Mixed 307 SusWrite 366 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 25.6 80% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 50.5 80% 151 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 121 122 119 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 122 Write 96.7 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 121 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 113%

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)	35.1% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.3 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.1% 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%

Surfboard

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