Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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	10.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	8.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '21 at 15:03
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 79.4 1-Core 61.2 2-Core 96 51% 78.9 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 300 30% 247 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 63%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61170RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 424 Write 366 Mixed 156 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 33.5 112% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 200 156% 216 MB/s
Poor: 70% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 40GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 140 140 141 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 111 Write 98.1 Mixed 75 SusWrite 140 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1600C9D3/4 KHX1866C10D3/ 24GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 933, 800, 933 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 16 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.8 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 53%

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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%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	949x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	860x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	398x

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	160x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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