Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.7% 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	51.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

22 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '22 at 17:29
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 87 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 142 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 429 43% 349 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 927 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.7% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 47.6 Parallax 60.1 36% 50.7 fps	MRender 49.9 Gravity 48.8 Splatting 32.9 35% 43.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Xraydisk 240GB 240GB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 190507 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 203 203 203 258 132 MB/s Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.6% Above average	Read 277 Write 171 Mixed 169 SusWrite 223 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 20.4 83% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 41.2 DQ Mixed 36.6 28% 38.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 93%
Xraydisk 512GB 512GB 878 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 300GB free Firmware: T0519A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 19 204 19 70 19 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 492 Write 373 Mixed 384 SusWrite 89.8 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 27.3 122% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 43.3 70% 130 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 186%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 146GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 70 70 72 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 75.7 Write 70.1 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 70.6 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 14 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 54%

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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%

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	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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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