Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.35% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '18 at 18:42
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 135 60% 97.6 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 368 36% 292 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RADEON HD5450 784 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B A007) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.35% Terrible	Lighting 1.77 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 1.97 1% 1.85 fps	MRender 1.38 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.46 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.35% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 69 70 68 61 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 376 Write 253 Mixed 234 SusWrite 88.7 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 32.3 132% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 177 149% 216 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 85%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 781GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 156 155 148 168 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 169 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 159 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SH564568FH8N6 PSD32G13332 SH564568FH8N6 PSD32G13332 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 15.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 i5-12600K $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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16