Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	29.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '23 at 16:04
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 below expectations (29^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 83 1-Core 63.1 2-Core 123 56% 89.6 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 315 31% 254 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
3 240GB SSD 240GB 3,846 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1120A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 19 87 18 79 9.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 442 Write 259 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 61.8 42% 194 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 0.3 25% 7.37 MB/s	DQ Read 62.6 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 0.3 10% 24.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 99%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 898GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 128 127 124 128 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 57.2 Write 77.1 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 126 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 200% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C 2x4GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 53%

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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	951x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	861x
FX-8320AMD $75Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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) $29	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