Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	44.8% 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	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (30%). 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	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '20 at 14:15
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 143 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 409 40% 326 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Nvidia(10DE 095B) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 35.1 Parallax 42.6 52% 47 fps	MRender 48.3 Gravity 38 Splatting 33.1 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 53GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,429 Write 3156 Mixed 3064 718% 3,216 MB/s	4K Read 212 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 48.7 456% 133 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 48.4 DQ Mixed 5.7 44% 110 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900208 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 172 23 132 13 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 382 Write 364 Mixed 296 SusWrite 87.7 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 23.3 99% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 48.3 DQ Mixed 26.3 39% 75.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Ser 1866 CL10 Ser Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.2% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.2% 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%

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	956x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	865x
FX-8320AMD $153Bench 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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