Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 60.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '22 at 18:56
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 67.9 2-Core 136 57% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 373 36% 298 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2382) 1GB CLim: 880 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.96% Terrible	Lighting 1.1 Reflection 1.6 Parallax 0.2 1% 0.97 fps	MRender 1.7 Gravity 1.2 Splatting 1.2 1% 1.37 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 0.96% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240 SSD 240GB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900J13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 6 6.5 75 29 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 340 Write 292 Mixed 246 SusWrite 46.5 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 29 93% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 71.2 DQ Mixed 34.8 31% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 81%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$137 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 7.4 7 81 32 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 155 Write 152 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 49.1 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 309% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD38G16002 PSD38G16002 Corsair CMX8GX3M1A160 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 800, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.9% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.6 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.5 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 44%

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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%

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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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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