Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.7% 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	38.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 09:37
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 (96^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 69.5 2-Core 139 61% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 434 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85C7) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.7% Poor	Lighting 33.6 Reflection 25.9 Parallax 35.1 27% 31.5 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 31.9 Splatting 0.04 16% 23.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 50 57 91 76 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 460 Write 388 Mixed 379 SusWrite 108 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.5 51% 12.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 92%
Kingston SV300S37A/60G 60GB 347 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 22GB free Firmware: P0628B SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 72 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 418 Write 62.8 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 71.3 35% 162 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 7.8 64% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 80.8 DQ Write 71.5 DQ Mixed 48.6 44% 67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 55%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 148 Write 13.4 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 37.7 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 101% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 96%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 16GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 95 97 97 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 106 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 94.7 54% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 46GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 137 138 137 137 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 138 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 136 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 101%
WD3000FYYX 3TB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 600GB free Firmware: 00.0D1K2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 95 97 97 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 94.7 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M1A133 Samsung CMX4GX3M1A133 Samsung 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.6% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 44%

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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	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16