Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	82% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 13:21
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 50.3 2-Core 133 53% 88.1 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 383 39% 317 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 368D) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.23% Terrible	Lighting 9.1 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 11.7 7% 10.8 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 12 Splatting 10.8 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.23% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 339 369 367 389 389 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 384 Write 383 Mixed 314 SusWrite 366 82% 362 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 30.8 112% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 157 136% 200 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 102%
PNY CS1211 120GB SSD 754D117-483 36 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 110GB free Firmware: CS121101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 281 298 298 309 308 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 409 Write 300 Mixed 271 SusWrite 296 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 30.6 99% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 172 144% 207 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 93%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 144 143 143 143 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 92.1 Write 92.5 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 143 70% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 82%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 1,164 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 27.1 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 27.3 32% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 29% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 1,091 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.8% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.8 20% 7.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 6.7 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 51%

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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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	150x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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