Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.96% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	54.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '18 at 23:28
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 85 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 80.3 54% 78.9 Pts	4-Core 128 8-Core 157 18% 143 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 054F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1187 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.96% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 37.4 0% 22.3 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 25.2 Splatting 30.9 23% 28.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 7.96% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 70 78 57 64 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 411 Write 297 Mixed 305 SusWrite 75.8 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 22.5 90% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 138 102% 134 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 88%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 2TB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 94GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 51 51 54 51 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 72.2 Write 56 Mixed 53 SusWrite 52.5 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 4,751 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	MC Read 16 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 13.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.2% 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	943x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
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 $80Bench 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	61x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16