Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '24 at 03:04
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 57.1 2-Core 114 54% 84.7 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 337 32% 265 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 7700-XT 455 User benchmarks, average bench 154% ASRock(1849 5323) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 24.1.1 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 156 Parallax 435 89% 234 fps	MRender 236 Gravity 244 Splatting 283 211% 254 fps
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 178%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 589GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 123 68 135 137 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 168 Write 163 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 111 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 748GB free Firmware: MS2OA8U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 124 78 136 137 126 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 174 Write 152 Mixed 20.6 SusWrite 114 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	68	55	60	34.1"	2560 1017	GSM59F2 LG ULTRAWIDE

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	857x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
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	149x
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

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16