Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.18% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '19 at 15:55
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 51.7 2-Core 131 58% 91.9 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 406 40% 329 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% EVGA(3842 2645) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.18% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 7.73 Parallax 9.03 7% 8.31 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 10.3 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.9 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.18% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 78 79 78 69 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 349 Write 119 Mixed 176 SusWrite 74.7 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 30.9 109% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 91.2 DQ Mixed 44.8 40% 57.5 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 79 79 79 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 70 SusWrite 79.3 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 344GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 39.5 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 79.1 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 130% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 72%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 535GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 125 Write 139 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 79.3 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 14.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 100%

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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 $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