Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	52% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 22:01
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (90^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 66 2-Core 125 59% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 403 39% 321 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 3693) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Lighting 9.1 Reflection 7.85 Parallax 9.28 7% 8.74 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 7.17 7% 8.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 263 205 211 217 227 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	52% Above average	Read 302 Write 269 Mixed 248 SusWrite 232 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 21.8 76% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 72.6 DQ Mixed 37 32% 45.5 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 108%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 476GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 166 165 168 169 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 256 Write 309 Mixed 211 SusWrite 165 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 27.7 86% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 62.9 DQ Mixed 34.4 29% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$33 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 930GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 166 165 168 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 167 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 165 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 236% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BD160 4x8GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 93%

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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	940x
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	158x

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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