Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	53.4% 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	73.1% 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	0.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '20 at 15:38
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 below expectations (29^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 80.4 1-Core 51 2-Core 95.2 49% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 423 37% 314 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.4% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 96.4 54% 76.2 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 56.1 53% 65.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 303 331 362 362 356 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 461 Write 381 Mixed 320 SusWrite 326 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 26.7 87% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 206 144% 182 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 103 101 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 73.5 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 102 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-433.A BLS4G3D1609DS 9905403-433.A BLS4G3D1609DS 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.8% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 17 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 50%

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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%

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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 $129Bench 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	158x

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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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