Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	16.2% 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	17% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '19 at 18:49
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Memory 70.4 1-Core 42.4 2-Core 53.3 39% 55.4 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 153 17% 133 Pts	64-Core 69.3 4% 69.3 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BE) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 19.2 16% 18.5 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 20.1 Splatting 16 16% 20.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 59 44 26 28 27 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	17% Very poor	Read 115 Write 68.6 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 39.4 16% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 8.1 33% 9.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 100%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 540GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 55.3 Write 28 Mixed 40.1 SusWrite 83 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 160GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 61 47 26 28 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 74.6 Write 72 Mixed 53.1 SusWrite 40.5 44% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 69%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 365GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 140 140 138 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 140 Write 145 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 139 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 9905471-079.A 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.5% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 7.4 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 4.9 14% 4.8 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 46%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	859x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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