Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.1% 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	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 23:43
Run Duration	88 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 94 1-Core 70 2-Core 127 62% 96.9 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 454 40% 342 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PwrHis(1787 2343) ≥ 4GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 56.2 Parallax 72 52% 64 fps	MRender 53.8 Gravity 51 Splatting 72 50% 58.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 50%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6726 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1867 (A5) Unknown 100 100 300702761650 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 59 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 43 184684707874 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3418815988508 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3960 (EA) Unknown 100 100 14254 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10542 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7316 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.4% Above average	Read 392 Write 252 Mixed 159 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 8.63 64% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 62.7 DQ Mixed 9.3 17% 32.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 2x4GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.7 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.2% 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%

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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	952x
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 $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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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