Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 47.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.21% 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	36.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (21%). 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	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '19 at 19:48
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 255 3,508 User benchmarks, average bench 42% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 45.1 2-Core 84.6 46% 69.9 Pts	4-Core 86 8-Core 86.3 12% 86.2 Pts	64-Core 89 6% 89 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 789 MHz, MLim: 940 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Lighting 9.03 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.03 7% 9.46 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 6.39 7% 8.83 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct120bx5 0 120GB 558 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6C SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 97 156 63 47 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 409 Write 213 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 73.3 39% 180 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 6 28% 8.9 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 1 42% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 79%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB 582 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 189GB free Firmware: NA00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 53 87 50 84 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 109 Write 90.8 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 66.2 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 653GB free Firmware: JC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 73 100 57 100 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 88.5 Write 79.5 Mixed 63 SusWrite 81.7 58% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 68%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 250GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 74 44 75 78 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 91.5 Write 83 Mixed 55 SusWrite 63.2 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 60%
Toshiba MK3275GSX 320GB 4,670 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 274GB free Firmware: GT00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 50 61 36 63 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 35.7 Write 38 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 53.2 26% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 46%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1.5TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 16 13 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 19.5 Write 21 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 14.9 26% 19.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 434 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 338GB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 16 14 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 21.5 Write 19.5 Mixed 12.6 SusWrite 15 22% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 72%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 42 52 32 48 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 80.8 Write 51.9 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 42.4 61% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMX4GX3M2A160 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMX4GX3M2A160 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.3% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.7 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.6 20% 6.97 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 33%

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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	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

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