Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 58.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '22 at 19:48
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Memory 82.1 1-Core 61.1 2-Core 113 54% 85.5 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 319 32% 257 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 108 68% 86.5 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 53.4 57% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 197 98 90 83 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 432 Write 416 Mixed 341 SusWrite 136 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 27.9 103% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 121 121% 195 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 928GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 165 162 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 151 Mixed 87.9 SusWrite 163 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 4x4GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 87%

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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%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	949x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	860x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	398x

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	160x

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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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