Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	42.7% 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	58.5% 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 (53%). 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	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '20 at 21:49
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	53%

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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 Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Memory 35.7 1-Core 11.6 2-Core 47.1 20% 31.5 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 267 24% 203 Pts	64-Core 213 13% 213 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.7% Average	Lighting 28.9 Reflection 25.9 Parallax 100 24% 51.8 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 101 80% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 161 232 187 217 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 373 Write 295 Mixed 332 SusWrite 201 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 18.2 82% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 69.4 DQ Mixed 157 114% 151 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 129%
Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$320 1,236 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 421GB free Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 370 412 403 399 393 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 538 Write 535 Mixed 378 SusWrite 394 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 15 58% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 236 190% 273 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 209%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 178 184 184 176 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 122 Mixed 31 SusWrite 181 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.2 387% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 102 100 99 101 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 150 Write 144 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 99.4 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 349% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 387GB free Firmware: 1AA01107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 71 72 73 75 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 74 Write 70 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 72.6 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A160 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ8GX3M2A160 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 11.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 2.6 SC Mixed 2.8 9% 3.1 GB/s	Latency 223 18% 223 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 46%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	949x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	859x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

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	160x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16