Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% 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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.7% 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	61.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '23 at 13:27
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	32%

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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 131 58% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 319 34% 274 Pts	64-Core 314 20% 314 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.2.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.7% Below average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 37.5 Parallax 52.6 40% 46.3 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 43.7 Splatting 21.8 25% 31.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 670GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 55 62 68 78 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 384 Write 357 Mixed 325 SusWrite 67.7 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 38.6 125% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 41.9 DQ Write 84.2 DQ Mixed 55.3 44% 60.5 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 137%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 119GB free Firmware: 5.0.7b SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 88 88 88 86 87 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.9% Average	Read 160 Write 126 Mixed 146 SusWrite 89 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 25.1 89% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 29.1 30% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 80%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$69 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 151GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 83.4 Write 84.6 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 70.1 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 61%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 437GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 78 79 78 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 79.2 Write 70.6 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 77.2 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-10-9 D3-1 2x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.5% 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	951x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	861x
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	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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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