Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 59.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39.4% 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	32.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '21 at 19:27
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Memory 81.5 1-Core 66.1 2-Core 125 56% 90.9 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 372 34% 288 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341A) CLim: 1268 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.4% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 70.7 38% 59 fps	MRender 59.6 Gravity 54 Splatting 43.7 42% 52.4 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE220400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 71 65 77 78 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 340 Write 250 Mixed 185 SusWrite 88.1 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 12.7 42% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 10.7 10% 14.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 848GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 117 118 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 121 Write 56.9 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 117 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-017.A 9905402-408.A 9905402-408.A KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 800, 667, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.3% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 12.7 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 42%

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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