Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


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 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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.68% 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '22 at 19:47
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	48%

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-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 54.1 2-Core 90.8 48% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 126 8-Core 145 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gainward(10B0 0401) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	8.68% Terrible	Lighting 9.9 Reflection 14 Parallax 3 8% 8.97 fps	MRender 15 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 10.6 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.68% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 93GB free Firmware: 335t SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 34 87 113 143 147 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.1% Very poor	Read 40 Write 49.5 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 101 12% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 2.6 7% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 559GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 28 82 112 142 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 67.4 Write 120 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 97.6 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-447.A 2x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 7.4 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 51%

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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	951x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	860x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	161x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16