Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	49.4% 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	48.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '18 at 18:19
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	26%

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-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 79.6 1-Core 63 2-Core 121 54% 87.9 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 293 31% 249 Pts	64-Core 263 16% 263 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.4% Average	Lighting 61.2 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 58.8 50% 62 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 52.1 48% 60.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 76 87 88 83 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 242 Write 120 Mixed 161 SusWrite 85.5 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 28.1 99% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 97 DQ Mixed 38.4 37% 55 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 126GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 78 87 89 84 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 98.3 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 86.8 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 4,786 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	41.5% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 47%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	852x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	393x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	278x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	157x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	139x
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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Total price: $366

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Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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