Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 52.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	38.1% 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	18.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '21 at 13:49
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$129 106,454 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 below expectations (10^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Memory 65.3 1-Core 64.7 2-Core 119 50% 83.1 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 344 34% 279 Pts	64-Core 364 23% 364 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341A) CLim: 1268 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.1% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 56.6 Parallax 69.6 37% 57 fps	MRender 58.2 Gravity 53 Splatting 42.8 41% 51.3 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE220400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 63 71 79 75 57 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.7% Very poor	Read 99 Write 42.6 Mixed 112 SusWrite 68.6 18% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 10.7 31% 9.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 12.9 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 13.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 850GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 118 117 116 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 57.6 SusWrite 117 71% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-017.A 9905402-408.A 9905402-408.A KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 800, 667, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.8% Below average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10.9 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 42%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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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	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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Total price: $366

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