Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	44% 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	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (73%). 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	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '19 at 07:34
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 83.4 1-Core 51.2 2-Core 80.2 48% 71.6 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 307 27% 230 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0468) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.7.5 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44% Average	Lighting 51.8 Reflection 52.3 Parallax 62.3 42% 55.5 fps	MRender 55.7 Gravity 44.5 Splatting 69.4 48% 56.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 3,411 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 64 68 65 69 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 398 Write 303 Mixed 271 SusWrite 91.8 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 9.2 51% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 16.9 45% 94.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 451GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 34 36 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 63.5 Write 40.2 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 37.5 31% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 59%
TDK LoR TF10 4GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 070a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.2 3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Read 16.2 Write 7.2 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 3.2 8% 7.08 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ CMX4GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 667, 933, 667, 933 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.2% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.2% 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%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	943x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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