Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.4% 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	35.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 12:28
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 64.4 2-Core 113 55% 87 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 285 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.4% Above average	Lighting 62.3 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 80.8 51% 70.1 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 57.8 53% 65.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
P4-480 480GB 851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: H190115 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 219 22 24 30 49 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.5% Below average	Read 244 Write 221 Mixed 270 SusWrite 87.3 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 17.1 4K Mixed 11.3 41% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 173 132% 177 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 106%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 456GB free Firmware: 0002BSM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 36 36 34 43 47 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 69 Write 39.8 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 38.4 33% 44.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 43%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 279GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 72 75 73 74 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 66.9 Write 58.7 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 75.1 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 75%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 366GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 88 90 101 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 76.3 Write 57.5 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 96.8 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 245GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 109 111 114 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 113 Write 106 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 110 69% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Atermiter X.A 4x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	44% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 11.4 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 50%

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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 $134	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