Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 60%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '19 at 18:45
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 58 2-Core 114 54% 85.1 Pts	4-Core 199 8-Core 320 32% 260 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.2% Very good	Lighting 82.4 Reflection 113 Parallax 110 67% 102 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 78 59 26 76 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 428 Write 345 Mixed 290 SusWrite 79.2 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 25.9 87% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 94.8 DQ Mixed 97.3 88% 138 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 594GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 175 177 177 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 143 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 176 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 220GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 123 123 123 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 190 Write 175 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 122 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 484GB free, PID 0c15 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	8.29% Terrible	Read 32.8 Write 7 Mixed 11.5 SusWrite 7 16% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 43% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.29% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ Team-Elite-16 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.9% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.2 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 43%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

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	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16