Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	46.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (75%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	16.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '20 at 17:00
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	75%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 53 2-Core 135 56% 90.8 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 389 39% 319 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650-$155 259,091 User benchmarks, average bench 43% EVGA(3842 1057) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Lighting 61.2 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 50.3 50% 56.4 fps	MRender 42.3 Gravity 53 Splatting 47.2 39% 47.5 fps
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 97GB free Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 60 95 74 71 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 402 Write 270 Mixed 192 SusWrite 93.1 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 18.2 72% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 77.8 DQ Mixed 18.4 35% 71.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 654GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 156 145 144 143 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 169 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 139 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 181 183 180 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 181 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 176 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 175GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 127 130 129 129 129 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 176 Write 169 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 126 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 109%
Sony Hard Drive 500GB 859 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 233GB free, PID 05bf Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 88 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 86.5 Write 60.1 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 86.9 95% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ 20GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 933, 933, 933, 933 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 47%

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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	943x
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	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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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 $40	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