Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.2% 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	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	12.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 18:23
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 84.1 1-Core 56 2-Core 102 52% 80.6 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 223 26% 204 Pts	64-Core 301 19% 301 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 93.4 56% 76.5 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 55.1 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV500240G 240GB 13,649 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 003056R6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 92 72 126 82 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 422 Write 352 Mixed 337 SusWrite 118 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 27.3 92% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 133 124% 194 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 171GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 107 105 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 107 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 88%
WD Elements 107C 3TB 3,265 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 279GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 85 84 85 86 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 93.3 Write 96.8 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 85.4 117% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 2x8GB 1,087 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.7 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 52%

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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%

Battle cruiser

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	854x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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