Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.4% 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	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	May 20 '22 at 05:53
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 71 2-Core 140 60% 98 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 355 37% 296 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.4% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 99.7 56% 79.9 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 44.7 46% 58.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 181 181 184 183 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 371 Write 204 Mixed 215 SusWrite 180 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 31.7 112% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 89.7 DQ Mixed 37.3 35% 52.4 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 83GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 183 182 185 183 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 264 Write 367 Mixed 284 SusWrite 181 62% 274 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 37.6 122% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 67.9 DQ Mixed 46.3 37% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 134%
SABRENT 1TB 609GB free Firmware: 4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 257 256 253 257 254 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 170GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 45 48 49 48 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 63.1 Write 71.3 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 47.7 77% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x8GB 2,237 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 55%

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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	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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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16