Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.8% 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	90.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '23 at 21:04
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th 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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 131 57% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 363 37% 301 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 86.4 Parallax 63.5 55% 72.5 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 57.9 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 298 216 202 196 186 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 404 Mixed 344 SusWrite 228 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 46.7 150% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 257 193% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 134%
Seagate ST8000DM002-1YW112 8TB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2.5TB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 179 192 193 197 199 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 94%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 392GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 64 68 66 69 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 53.1 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 64.4 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 86 81 80 85 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 76.4 Write 81.7 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 81.4 57% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.5 194% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 90%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 541GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 81 83 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 85.1 Write 82 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 83.6 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 198GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 79 79 78 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 72.4 Write 71 Mixed 61.1 SusWrite 78.1 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 67%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 111GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 68 69 68 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 65 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 69.2 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-047.A 2x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.5% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 8.9 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 48%

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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	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
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 $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	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16