Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	20.7% 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	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	13GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 13GB 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 13 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '22 at 00:31
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	49%

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-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 80.8 1-Core 59.4 2-Core 117 54% 85.8 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 244 28% 220 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.20.27.07 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 35.8 21% 29.6 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 20 20% 25.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03200000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 164 50 51 47 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 312 Write 293 Mixed 239 SusWrite 113 54% 239 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 29.8 95% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 123 100% 142 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 100%
Hitachi HTS543212L9SA02 120GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 4GB free Firmware: FBBAC52F SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 51.1 Write 25.6 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 27.3 22% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B2873FHS- BLS8G3D18ADS3 F3-1600C11-4G 13GB 667, 933, 800 MHz 1024, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.2% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 7.3 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	953x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	863x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	399x

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	162x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	142x
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	150x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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