Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


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 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '23 at 20:15
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	25%

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 (72^nd percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 70.1 2-Core 134 59% 96 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 350 36% 288 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 87.6 Parallax 77.6 63% 80.7 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 68.3 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hs-ssd-minder(s) 240G 240GB 289 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: SN11002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 171 48 32 48 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 440 Write 376 Mixed 378 SusWrite 99.8 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 26.7 98% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 67.5 DQ Mixed 118 84% 109 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 102%
Kioxia-exceria SATA SSD 480GB 7,893 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 57GB free Firmware: SBFA15.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 332 278 197 208 201 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 322 Write 102 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 244 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 22.3 62% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 57.7 DQ Mixed 107 86% 125 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 100%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 33GB free Firmware: 0002LIM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 76 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 77.1 Write 82.2 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 75.6 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ4GX3M1A160 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ4GX3M1A160 16GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 86%

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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	71	59	60	23.5"	1920 1080	CAP2360 C236FHD-L

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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	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
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 $75Bench 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16