Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (29%). 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	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '19 at 14:14
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 143 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 426 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 44.4 Parallax 39.1 37% 43 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 36.3 32% 39 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 10 6.4 60 2.8 106 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 442 Write 313 Mixed 321 SusWrite 60 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 14.3 67% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 82.2 DQ Mixed 40.9 46% 79 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 905GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 182 180 181 180 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 175 Mixed 94 SusWrite 180 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS CT51264BD160B 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.2% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 6.6 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 26%

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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	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
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 $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	62x

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16