Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


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	46.3% 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	65% 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 (19%). 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	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '21 at 09:46
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	19%

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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-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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 137 63% 100 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 262 32% 245 Pts	64-Core 267 16% 267 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650-$155 259,091 User benchmarks, average bench 43% MSI(1462 8D97) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Lighting 58.1 Reflection 59.1 Parallax 54.2 47% 57.1 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 48.3 44% 55 fps
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 238 239 237 231 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65% Good	Read 364 Write 245 Mixed 207 SusWrite 237 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 29.8 108% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 86.2 DQ Mixed 37.4 35% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 128%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 49GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 301 247 151 131 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 252 Write 316 Mixed 222 SusWrite 209 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 31.2 107% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 40 37% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 3,295 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.4 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.8% 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%

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	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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