Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.4% 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	34.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '19 at 22:55
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 60.3 2-Core 120 53% 85.7 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 243 29% 225 Pts	64-Core 252 16% 252 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 2375) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 44.9 Parallax 44.3 39% 45.6 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 41.4 Splatting 36.5 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 80 75 79 77 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 101 SusWrite 76.1 22% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 19.9 77% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 80.1 DQ Mixed 24 26% 40.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 113GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 82 75 80 78 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 77 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 88%
Seagate ST2000DM005-2CW102 2TB 18,723 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 132GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 96 106 106 108 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 48.7 Write 71 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 104 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.4 188% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 88%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 538GB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 39 37 38 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 34 Write 38.8 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 36.4 26% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C9D3/4 KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C9D3/4 24GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.2% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 7.3 23% 7.97 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 7.6 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 47%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
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	61x

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Total price: $366

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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