Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	38.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	16.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	18.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '23 at 08:46
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 68.9 2-Core 118 57% 90.5 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 336 36% 285 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 86% 107 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.9 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 121 130 133 227 138 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.3% Below average	Read 213 Write 92.3 Mixed 113 SusWrite 151 32% 142 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 15.5 64% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 27.1 DQ Mixed 24.5 19% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 59GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 157 32 112 51 82 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.2% Poor	Read 150 Write 87 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 92.9 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 9.8 39% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 9.4 DQ Write 19.9 DQ Mixed 27.8 17% 19 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 100%
Kingston SA400S37240GB 240GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 109GB free Firmware: FW201105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 66 61 59 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 439 Write 221 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 57.3 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 33 4K Mixed 13.2 75% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 19.8 38% 78.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 93%
ASMT 2115 120GB 614 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 314 Write 244 Mixed 172 292% 243 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 19.8 1,582% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20.4 DQ Write 31.6 DQ Mixed 19.1 1,800% 23.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 162%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2F8G64CB8HB5 Corsair CMX4GX3M2A160 Corsair CMX4GX3M2A160 MSI Z77 MPOWE 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 667, 667, 800 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 45%

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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%

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16