Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 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 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 12:14
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 76.9 1-Core 60.4 2-Core 119 53% 85.6 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 190 23% 175 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1167) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.3% Good	Lighting 87.2 Reflection 80.9 Parallax 76.8 71% 81.6 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 73.4 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 242 237 239 233 231 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 434 Write 391 Mixed 353 SusWrite 248 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 35.1 118% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 260 192% 254 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 84GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 298 314 319 313 307 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 336 Write 339 Mixed 281 SusWrite 304 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 32.7 98% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 48.7 40% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 123GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 107 109 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 110 Write 89.7 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 108 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160B Kingston 99U5584-016.A Kingston 99U5474-036.A Kingston 99U5584-016.A 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.5% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 11.6 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 44%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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