Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '20 at 11:56
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 50.2 2-Core 148 59% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 319 36% 284 Pts	64-Core 316 20% 316 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8400 331 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 0510) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	0.63% Terrible	Lighting 0.63 Reflection 1.23 Parallax 0.31 0% 0.73 fps	MRender 1.95 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 0.87 1% 1.07 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.63% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900P13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 341 86 85 87 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 309 Write 343 Mixed 272 SusWrite 170 62% 274 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 28.6 107% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 36.4 33% 48.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 436GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 79 79 82 78 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 107 Write 96.7 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 78.8 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 69%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 127GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 79 79 82 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 68 Write 78.3 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 78.8 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 7,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.6 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.5% 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	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	856x
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 $79Bench 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16