Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	52.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 17:13
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$55 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 78.4 1-Core 60.8 2-Core 102 51% 80.2 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 224 24% 191 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.2 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.8% Above average	Lighting 66 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 83.1 54% 71.7 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 54 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 133 117 109 97 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 346 Write 316 Mixed 69 SusWrite 115 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 23.7 83% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 34.1 30% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 88%
HFS256G32MND-2900A 256GB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 109GB free Firmware: 20200L00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 134 118 109 97 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 348 Write 292 Mixed 227 SusWrite 116 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 20.1 75% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 77.9 DQ Mixed 26.3 27% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 81%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 50GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 83 83 83 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 82 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 82.8 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 131GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 104 105 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 85.2 Write 79 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 103 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Portable 4TB 3,750 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 25 Write 26.8 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 26.8 19% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 163% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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Total price: $366

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