Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50.7% 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	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 08:15
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 67.4 2-Core 133 59% 95.9 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 369 39% 310 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 957 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Lighting 63 Reflection 55.6 Parallax 79.2 51% 65.9 fps	MRender 55.3 Gravity 50.3 Splatting 70.8 49% 58.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM05.8 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 495 Write 101 Mixed 166 55% 254 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 9.74 63% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 27.8 44% 85.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 89%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 422 Write 110 Mixed 135 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 15.7 83% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 78.8 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 32.5 43% 75.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair VS2GB1333D3 VS2GB1333D3 VS2GB1333D4 VS2GB1333D4 8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 42%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
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 $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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Total price: $366

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16