Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	85.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.5% 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.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '23 at 19:18
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 80.9 1-Core 61.7 2-Core 111 54% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 316 32% 258 Pts	64-Core 308 19% 308 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$330 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% Sapphire(1DA2 E451) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.Q3 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 128 Parallax 169 69% 127 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 153 116% 141 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 112 214 224 286 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 370 Write 233 Mixed 323 SusWrite 200 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 37.1 120% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 52.5 43% 60.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 165GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 100 99 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 138 Write 105 Mixed 65 SusWrite 99.6 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 2x8GB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 54%

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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	18	1	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM59F1 LG ULTRAWIDE

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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	949x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	860x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	160x

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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