Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 53.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.16% 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	67.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (57%). 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-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '20 at 00:34
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Memory 75.4 1-Core 45.4 2-Core 122 49% 81.1 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 176 25% 183 Pts	64-Core 185 11% 185 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 048B) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.1.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.16% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 9.03 6% 8.31 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 8.57 6% 7.74 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.16% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 335 350 168 303 358 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 392 Write 326 Mixed 224 SusWrite 299 70% 310 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 34.2 98% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 29.8 28% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 115%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 122 119 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 120 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,734 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 10.3 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 89.5 45% 89.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 97%

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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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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