Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 21:42
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 126 56% 90.9 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 418 39% 327 Pts	64-Core 273 17% 273 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1160) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 68.5 65% 74.4 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 70 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate SSD 1TB 975 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 666GB free (System drive) Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 284 195 204 206 329 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 364 Write 339 Mixed 279 SusWrite 238 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 28.9 97% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 79 DQ Mixed 38.9 34% 49.5 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 84 86 81 88 87 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 84 Write 7.5 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 83.7 36% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G16002 2x8GB 6,044 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.5% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 16.8 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 61%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	941x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
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	61x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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