Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '19 at 15:20
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th 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 below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Memory 52.7 1-Core 65.4 2-Core 110 45% 76.2 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 231 27% 210 Pts	64-Core 256 16% 256 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gainward(10B0 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.2% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 70.4 64% 75.9 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 62.8 57% 70.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 219 120 73 64 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 289 Write 330 Mixed 277 SusWrite 129 58% 256 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 33.5 109% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 65.1 DQ Mixed 43.2 35% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 134%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$76 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 127 129 130 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 90.3 Write 80.4 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 127 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 88%
WDC WD20 EADS-55R6B0 2TB 250GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 1.9 10 8.1 0 0.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.8% Very poor	Read 57 Write 55 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 4 53% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 1.03 MB/s

WDC WD20 EADS-55R6B0 2TB 747GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 24 25 30 28 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.4% Very poor	Read 83.5 Write 29.2 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 26.9 50% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.5 23% 0.4 MB/s

WDC WD40 EZRX-22SPEB0 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 416GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.8 0.2 0.3 0 0 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 83.3 Write 88.5 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 0.2 70% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 115% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 61%
Maxell External USB 3.0 4TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 571GB free, PID 0701 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 30 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 23.2 Write 24.3 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 28.9 36% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.5 175% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 67%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA200 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 31 34 29 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 174 Write 174 Mixed 39 SusWrite 29.2 126% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 92% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 74%
WD 15EADS External 1.5TB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 337GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 36 36 37 36 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 32.5 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 35.5 43% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 21%

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 @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	21.2% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 7.1 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 2.6 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5.3 12% 4.17 GB/s	Latency 151 26% 151 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 21.2% 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%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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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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 $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