Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 59.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.31% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57.4% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '21 at 01:35
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Memory 76 1-Core 71 2-Core 128 56% 91.8 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 399 39% 317 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 368D) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.31% Terrible	Lighting 9.2 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 11.8 8% 10.9 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 10.9 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.31% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1211 120GB SSD 754D117-483 36 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS121101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 177 141 152 128 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 359 Write 300 Mixed 273 SusWrite 158 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 26.9 73% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 170 142% 206 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 93%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 446GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 378 406 396 416 416 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 399 Write 334 Mixed 334 SusWrite 400 83% 367 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 32.7 120% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 157 136% 201 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 102%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 103 102 103 102 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 113 Write 114 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 102 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 82%
Iomega E xternal HD 1TB 461 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 495GB free, PID 0370 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 27 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 19.7 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 27.7 35% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 20%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 1,164 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 29.5 Write 29 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 27.6 36% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.4 200% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 1,091 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.5% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.13 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 7.8 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 51%

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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%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	859x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16