Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 48.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	22.6% 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	34.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '21 at 21:06
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Memory 66.3 1-Core 59 2-Core 111 48% 78.7 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 236 25% 200 Pts	64-Core 272 17% 272 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Lighting 28.7 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 37.5 23% 32.8 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 28.3 Splatting 22.5 21% 26.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 85 37 38 49 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 368 Write 266 Mixed 219 SusWrite 66.8 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 22 4K Mixed 15.1 32% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 71.2 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 169 113% 132 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 556GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 157 161 163 162 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 135 Mixed 82 SusWrite 160 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 112%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 1GB 685 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 4.8 4.9 5 4.9 4.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Read 15.4 Write 4.2 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.9 8% 7.42 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 9% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 5%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 17 17 17 16 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.24% Terrible	Read 19.1 Write 16 Mixed 11.2 SusWrite 16.4 21% 15.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 18% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ CMZ4GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 12GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	17.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.6 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 5.8 16% 5.77 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 4.4 13% 4.47 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 42%

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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	939x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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	157x

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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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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