Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '19 at 21:01
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 148 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 433 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.63% Terrible	Lighting 4.23 Reflection 4.31 Parallax 4.12 4% 4.22 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 3.87 Splatting 6.09 4% 4.68 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.63% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 162 219 226 227 175 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 392 Write 257 Mixed 302 SusWrite 200 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 37.3 133% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 262 189% 244 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 354GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 154 146 153 146 147 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 132 Write 148 Mixed 80 SusWrite 147 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 247GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 178 176 178 175 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 176 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 109%
Prolific USB-SATA Bridge 3TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 3TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 150 152 152 149 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 132 Write 137 Mixed 44.9 SusWrite 151 156% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 99% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BD160B BLS8G3D18ADS3 CT51264BD160B BLS8G3D18ADS3 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 800, 933, 800, 933 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.2% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 46%

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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	955x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	864x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	162x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	142x
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	150x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	69x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	63x

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