Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	47.8% 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	60.5% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '23 at 07:33
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 67.3 2-Core 132 60% 96.6 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 349 35% 283 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 10,882 User benchmarks, average bench 41% AMD(1002 0B31) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1284 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.4.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Lighting 61 Reflection 57.2 Parallax 79.8 50% 66 fps	MRender 54.7 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 44 44% 55.1 fps
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 48%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$15 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 4.6 192 4.2 64 46 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 448 Write 286 Mixed 266 SusWrite 71.6 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 30.6 104% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 114 90% 126 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 85%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 1TB 3,447 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 148GB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 137 140 138 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 116 Write 120 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 138 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 81%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 110GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 96 97 95 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 96.5 71% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C9D3/4 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.4% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 9.5 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	66	50	60	32"	1920 1080	VES3700 32W_LCD_TV

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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	830x
FX-6300AMD $71Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	741x
FX-8320AMD $116Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	351x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $146Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	243x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	154x
RX 580AMD $185Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	131x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	118x
A400 480GBKingston $24Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	89x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $40Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	70x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	141x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	63x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	59x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $442

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Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $780	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16