Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	51.2% 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	35.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '22 at 06:51
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.2% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 60.8 2-Core 112 53% 83.9 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 286 30% 239 Pts	64-Core 301 19% 301 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217 72,993 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(1DA2 E421) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.20.27.07 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 53 Parallax 94.1 55% 71.6 fps	MRender 53.5 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 39.2 44% 55.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 173 54 175 11 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 455 Write 369 Mixed 377 SusWrite 102 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 0.4 42% 10.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 399GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 133 141 154 157 158 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 89.8 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 149 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown JHC1866U1308J 4x8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 13.2 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 49%

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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%

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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	856x
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 $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	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16