Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 61.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.6% 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	42.4% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '22 at 14:58
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 63.4 2-Core 106 56% 86.5 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 221 27% 205 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 62.1 52% 65.1 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 54.5 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 63 56 51 42 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 363 Write 120 Mixed 180 SusWrite 57.8 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 17.1 60% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 77 DQ Mixed 115 90% 126 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 77%
SSD 240GB 240GB 5,968 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 108GB free Firmware: U1224A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 282 296 292 316 321 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 343 Write 287 Mixed 286 SusWrite 295 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 17.4 73% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 76 DQ Mixed 27.3 29% 46 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 90%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 95GB free Firmware: 01.00A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 82 81 83 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 73.9 Write 74.8 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 81.4 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 54%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 167GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 112 111 113 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 127 Mixed 90.4 SusWrite 111 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 109%
FUJITSU HandyDrive500 500GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 152GB free, PID 11bc Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 24 23 25 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 49.9 Write 23.6 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 24.1 35% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.4 17% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A16 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.6 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 46%

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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%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	859x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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