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Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	42.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '19 at 18:11
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	97%

PC Performing way below expectations (6^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-$85 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Memory 77.8 1-Core 29.1 2-Core 38.4 37% 48.4 Pts	4-Core 125 8-Core 173 19% 149 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.5% Average	Lighting 54.8 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 56.9 45% 56.7 fps	MRender 35.8 Gravity 57.3 Splatting 46.7 38% 46.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BX800G4R 800GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: G201DL2B SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 314 393 391 396 394 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 338 Write 389 Mixed 306 SusWrite 368 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 26.4 95% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 232 173% 230 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 95 94 95 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 101 Write 93 Mixed 48 SusWrite 94 61% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 1,467 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.5% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 3.9 MC Mixed 7.4 18% 6.23 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 5.3 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 51%

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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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Typical GA-970A-DS3P Builds (Compare 3,288 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	976x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	888x
FX-8320AMD $95Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	415x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	292x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	184x
RX 580AMD $131Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	172x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	143x
A400 480GBKingston $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	110x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	87x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	152x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	70x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	65x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $318

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