Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 21% 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 18:50
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

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-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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 134 60% 97.4 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 397 40% 327 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gainward(10B0 1184) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.4% Below average	Lighting 41.3 Reflection 37.1 Parallax 50 34% 42.8 fps	MRender 53 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 35 36% 45.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 342 339 346 338 340 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 372 Write 349 Mixed 334 SusWrite 340 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 28.8 105% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 94 DQ Mixed 44 39% 55.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 123GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 25 29 67 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	21% Poor	Read 33.5 Write 40.5 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 39.8 27% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 55% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS723020BLE640 2TB 3,261 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 893GB free Firmware: MX4OAAB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 160 163 160 164 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 148 Write 140 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 160 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 103%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 30 30 34 67 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 45.2 Write 26 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 43.1 28% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2x8GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	43.8% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.3 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 52%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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