Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121023
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 18:38
Run Duration	789 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 120 54% 86.9 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 242 28% 216 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.5% Good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 83.1 Parallax 69.2 68% 78.5 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 58.8 55% 68.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 56 56 59 55 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 85 Write 79.5 Mixed 56 SusWrite 57.3 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 83GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 55 66 62 82 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 13.3 Write 39.5 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 67.8 25% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 94% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion 120GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 35GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 27 27 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 25.5 Mixed 17 SusWrite 26.4 18% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	MC Read 16 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 8.9 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 88 45% 88 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 97%

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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 $47Bench 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 $66Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16