Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121023
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 21:05
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

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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-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 139 61% 99.6 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 398 42% 337 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 66%

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: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 91.3 Reflection 111 Parallax 97.2 74% 99.9 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 102 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 858GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 403 416 418 420 391 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 426 Mixed 422 SusWrite 408 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 42.2 136% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 176 134% 181 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 655GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 130 134 135 135 134 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 142 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 133 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 107%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 472GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 86 86 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 86.3 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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