Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (30%). 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '20 at 17:27
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 142 61% 100 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 412 42% 338 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1167) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 85.8 Parallax 74.7 80% 86.1 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 81.2 Splatting 78.8 63% 76.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 221 223 213 211 212 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 418 Write 410 Mixed 339 SusWrite 239 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 38.7 131% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 258 194% 259 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 74GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 200 188 187 185 179 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 355 Write 362 Mixed 319 SusWrite 212 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 36.9 120% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 37 DQ Write 83.6 DQ Mixed 48.7 40% 56.4 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 319GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 132 136 136 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 138 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 134 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160B Kingston 99U5584-016.A Kingston 99U5474-036.A Kingston 99U5584-016.A 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.9% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 44%

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	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