Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	15.4% 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	44.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121023
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 14:48
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 72.5 1-Core 36.4 2-Core 85.3 42% 64.7 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 231 26% 207 Pts	64-Core 215 13% 215 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Lighting 19.2 Reflection 15 Parallax 16.9 16% 17 fps	MRender 21.9 Gravity 18.9 Splatting 15.2 15% 18.7 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 92 78 97 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 228 Write 180 Mixed 175 SusWrite 89.6 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 24.3 87% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 40.4 37% 54.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 73%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 125GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 43 41 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 48 Write 42.7 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 42.1 30% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 50%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 174GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 77 77 78 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 72 Write 17.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 77 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 50%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 190GB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 100 101 103 104 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 95.5 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 100 60% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.1% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.2 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 50%

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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 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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