Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.2% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	May 02 '22 at 11:11
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 61.1 2-Core 101 52% 80.8 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 216 25% 193 Pts	64-Core 222 14% 222 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 372A) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 39.7 Parallax 43.6 36% 42.4 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 27.7 28% 35.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 184GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 201 211 264 275 235 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 548 Write 345 Mixed 316 SusWrite 240 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 13.8 68% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 23.6 DQ Mixed 45.1 67% 135 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 236%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFME1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 19 25 56 72 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 724GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 121 109 138 132 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 134 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 123 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 97%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 365GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 85 75 94 94 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 157 Write 141 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 86 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 100%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 920GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 137 135 166 169 135 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 154 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 151 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x8GB 368 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 101%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16