Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.52% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 01:35
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 122 57% 91.2 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 261 30% 233 Pts	64-Core 267 16% 267 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 3011) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.2 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 8.77 Parallax 10.3 7% 9.04 fps	MRender 7.67 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 8.3 6% 7.78 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 74 86 102 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 130 Write 123 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 86.7 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160B CT51264BD160B 8GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 47%

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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%

Battle cruiser

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	865x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	403x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	163x

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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