Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.7% 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	88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '22 at 08:04
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	MKD-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 71 2-Core 121 59% 93 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 360 37% 298 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 380X 50 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Sapphire(174B E308) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.7% Below average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 46.1 Parallax 58.2 38% 50.4 fps	MRender 46.5 Gravity 48.7 Splatting 32.4 34% 42.5 fps
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 43%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 167 157 159 170 171 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 585 Write 426 Mixed 411 SusWrite 166 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 39.5 123% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 434 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 385 283% 373 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 237%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 107GB free Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 98 101 100 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	66% Good	Read 427 Write 255 Mixed 321 SusWrite 101 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 32.3 116% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 146 111% 151 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 102%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 100GB free Firmware: JP2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 88 86 88 90 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 84.5 Write 103 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 87.1 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 77%
Maxtor STM3500418AS 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 43GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 93 91 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 90.9 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 91.8 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 65%
WD WD7500AARX-00N0YB0 750GB 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 607GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 82 83 82 82 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 84.2 Write 84.8 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 81.3 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 285GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 97 96 98 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 122 Write 115 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 97 73% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/ KHX2133C11D3/ 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16