Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	96.9% 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	53.6% 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '23 at 18:03
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 925-$150 5,211 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 40.9 2-Core 83 44% 66.1 Pts	4-Core 114 8-Core 150 17% 132 Pts	64-Core 153 10% 153 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (120 fps cap detected)	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 120 Parallax 120 98% 120 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 118 Splatting 117 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS128G3BTND-N210A 128GB 1,308 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30001P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 119 113 121 131 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 352 Write 133 Mixed 146 SusWrite 120 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 21.9 98% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 24.5 29% 48.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 71%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 521GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 94 93 94 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 47.2 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 93.2 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2x8GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 6.1 18% 6.23 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 71%

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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	70	56	0	65"	1280 720	PHL1282 Philips FTV

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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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 $130Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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