Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	101% 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	67.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '18 at 17:51
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 130 61% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 359 37% 298 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 149 Parallax 141 101% 138 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 146 Splatting 115 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 143 144 144 144 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 388 Write 359 Mixed 294 SusWrite 154 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 37.3 126% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 41.9 DQ Write 99.3 DQ Mixed 50.9 44% 64 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 88GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 314 313 309 315 305 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 377 Write 362 Mixed 313 SusWrite 316 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 39.3 127% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 90.1 DQ Mixed 54 44% 61.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 0706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 111 115 118 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 109 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 115 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.1 78% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x4GB 1,140 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 49%

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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	941x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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