Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	38.5% 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	29.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	20.2 Days
Run Date	May 01 '19 at 00:23
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	36.7% Below average	Memory 57.5 1-Core 30.8 2-Core 57.6 33% 48.6 Pts	4-Core 87.6 8-Core 221 18% 154 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.5% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 58.2 38% 46.7 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 28.7 40% 52 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV500240G 240GB 13,649 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 003056R6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 75 72 124 89 94 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.6% Poor	Read 201 Write 198 Mixed 154 SusWrite 110 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 11.7 4K Mixed 7.8 27% 8.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 126 100% 140 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 150GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 98 87 92 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 88 Mixed 46 SusWrite 93.4 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 109% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 88%
WD Elements 107C 3TB 3,265 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 311GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 81 81 82 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 89.2 Write 79.5 Mixed 48.3 SusWrite 80.6 99% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 2x8GB 1,087 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 15.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 5.4 13% 4.67 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 52%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
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	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16