Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17% 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	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 14 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '18 at 16:45
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 83 1-Core 46 2-Core 60 45% 63 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 374 33% 279 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3751) CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 16.3 Parallax 19.6 18% 19.2 fps	MRender 23.1 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 16.2 16% 19.7 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 84 84 86 80 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 437 Write 382 Mixed 320 SusWrite 108 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 28.8 93% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 181 153% 222 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 118%
Toshiba MQ02ABF100 1TB-$55 6,063 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 863GB free Firmware: DS001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 101 101 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 41 SusWrite 99.2 63% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173CB0- RMR5030ED58E8 BLS4G3D1609DS BLS4G3D1609DS 14GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.2% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 10.1 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 44%

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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%

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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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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