Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 37%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	45.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '20 at 18:33
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 (2^nd percentile)	37% Below average	Memory 57.4 1-Core 42.3 2-Core 59.5 36% 53.1 Pts	4-Core 90.2 8-Core 250 19% 170 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Nvidia(10DE 2182) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.1% Average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 61.5 Parallax 78.9 34% 60.8 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 81.6 Splatting 69.5 66% 82.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Galax GXTA1C0480A 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 82 112 110 125 96 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82.4% Excellent	Read 179 Write 162 Mixed 203 SusWrite 105 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 3.6 817% 5.83 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 90%
Samsung M3 Portable 500GB 417 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 213GB free Firmware: 1306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 83 90 91 86 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 86.7 Write 52 Mixed 45 SusWrite 84.9 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,926 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 9.9 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 53%

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	949x
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	160x

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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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