Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 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 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	37.8% 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	30.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '20 at 23:34
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way below expectations (8^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 1045T-$165 5,709 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 71 1-Core 41 2-Core 79.1 42% 63.7 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 202 23% 177 Pts	64-Core 233 14% 233 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.8% Below average	Lighting 51.7 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 47.8 42% 56.1 fps	MRender 48.2 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 53 29% 33.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 145 2.7 51 53 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 344 Write 287 Mixed 247 SusWrite 73.3 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 10.5 33% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 44 DQ Write 19.6 DQ Mixed 43.3 29% 35.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 61%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 30 32 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 20.8 Write 20.5 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 30.5 33% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 45% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1333 CL9 2x8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.6% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.3 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 7.1 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 99 40% 99 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 32%

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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 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	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