Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 55.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.6% 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	66.7% 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.

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Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	May 23 '22 at 13:45
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Memory 71.6 1-Core 62.6 2-Core 121 52% 85.2 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 320 33% 265 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8528) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1593 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (40 fps cap detected)	32.6% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 40 Parallax 40.3 34% 40.6 fps	MRender 37.1 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 35.2 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vi550 S3 SSD 256GB 1,488 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: V4.15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 299 341 357 362 359 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 412 Write 369 Mixed 310 SusWrite 334 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 11.9 73% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 30 68% 141 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 103%
Hkvsn HS-SSD-C100/120G 120GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 68GB free Firmware: V3.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 129 69 70 71 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 380 Write 300 Mixed 244 SusWrite 87.7 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 8.9 66% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 86 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 19.7 45% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 79%
Hitachi HDS721075CLA332 750GB-$190 3,719 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 628GB free Firmware: JP3OA3GC SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 131 131 135 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	74% Very good	Read 126 Write 133 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 132 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 76%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 567GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 109 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 70 SusWrite 109 72% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 13.9 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.9 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 97.7 41% 97.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 53%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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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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