Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.1% 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.

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

Run History

19 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '22 at 20:31
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 125 58% 92.7 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 378 37% 304 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 105 Parallax 108 92% 109 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 101 Splatting 91.1 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Inland SATA SSD 1TB 798 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 835GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0718B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 291 326 336 340 336 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 392 Write 341 Mixed 336 SusWrite 310 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 21.7 100% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 88.8 DQ Mixed 26.5 30% 48.3 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 107%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 315GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 75 76 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 74.8 Write 74 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 75 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 59%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 121GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 48 48 49 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 60.6 Write 61.8 Mixed 47.4 SusWrite 48 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 58%
Maxtor OneTouch 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 253GB free, PID 7310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 28 30 30 30 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 27.6 Write 28.2 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 28.8 38% 28 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 40% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-570.A 4x4GB 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.5% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 17.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 14 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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 $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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16