Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '21 at 23:45
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 71.2 1-Core 59.2 2-Core 110 50% 80.2 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 279 32% 247 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.2.2 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 39 25% 33.7 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 28.4 Splatting 22.9 21% 26.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 114 47 71 52 58 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.9% Average	Read 53.4 Write 242 Mixed 150 SusWrite 80.7 30% 131 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 23 94% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 169 145% 213 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 260GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 135 136 133 141 140 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 180 Write 128 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 133 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ CMZ4GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 12GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 6.6 20% 7 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 5.2 15% 5.1 GB/s	Latency 98.7 40% 98.7 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 42%

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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	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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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 $184	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