Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.3% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 01:34
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 128 60% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 288 31% 246 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 86CB) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.3% Terrible	Lighting 5.1 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 4.94 4% 4.86 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.22 5% 5.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.3% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 76 74 76 72 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 124 Write 74.7 Mixed 88.1 SusWrite 73.4 20% 90 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 15 55% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 16.9 13% 17.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 61%
Biwin SSD 507GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 311GB free Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 80 75 77 73 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 427 Write 353 Mixed 294 SusWrite 75.5 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 26.1 96% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 61.5 DQ Mixed 29.4 26% 38.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 1,044 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 14.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 52%

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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	941x
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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Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16