Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	68.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '19 at 00:10
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 62.8 2-Core 119 53% 85.4 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 352 34% 280 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.8% Good	Lighting 84.8 Reflection 91.8 Parallax 76.8 69% 84.4 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 83.6 Splatting 84.3 68% 83 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 18GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 157 131 111 117 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 303 Write 287 Mixed 178 SusWrite 135 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 22.5 85% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 84.7 DQ Mixed 43.1 36% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 131 99 93 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 157 Write 166 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 107 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 60 52 55 61 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 53.2 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 56.6 38% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,926 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 18 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 7.8 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.6% 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%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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