Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (45%). 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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 05:41
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 78.9 1-Core 60.1 2-Core 111 52% 83.3 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 298 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 332 21% 332 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.9% Poor	Lighting 37.2 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 35.1 30% 33.9 fps	MRender 34.8 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 34.7 29% 35.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 134GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 90 76 89 93 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 326 Write 306 Mixed 259 SusWrite 85.7 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 26.4 84% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 79.8 DQ Mixed 39.7 34% 48.9 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 108%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 71GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 285 295 165 169 190 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 368 Write 346 Mixed 296 SusWrite 240 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 27.8 86% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 194 153% 212 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 88 73 87 92 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 120 Write 157 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 83.8 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 3GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 6 5.3 5.5 5.9 4.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	5.21% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 4.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 5.2 10% 9.18 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.21% Great: 13%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 26GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 3.6 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	9.63% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 14.5 Mixed 14.3 SusWrite 4.2 17% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.9 130% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.63% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D18ADS3 Adata DDR3 2133 2OZ BLS4G3D18ADS3 Adata DDR3 2133 2OZ 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 933, 800, 933, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.9% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 44%

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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	952x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	863x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	399x

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	162x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	142x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16