Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 51.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17.6% 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	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 17:34
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 49.1 2-Core 93 47% 72.8 Pts	4-Core 150 8-Core 169 21% 160 Pts	64-Core 167 10% 167 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 36CA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 22.2 Reflection 16.6 Parallax 19.6 18% 19.5 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 16.6 17% 21 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 119 150 136 128 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 323 Write 123 Mixed 190 SusWrite 126 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 23.6 88% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 160 120% 159 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS723020ALA640 2TB 565 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OAAU0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 132 133 134 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 141 Write 133 Mixed 76 SusWrite 132 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BD160B CT51264BA160B CT51264BD160B CT51264BA160B 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	38% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 14.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 10 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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	158x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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