Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	25.7% 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	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	16.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '21 at 04:10
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 77 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 93.9 47% 72.8 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 190 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Lighting 33.4 Reflection 35.6 Parallax 42.6 27% 37.2 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 31 Splatting 24.2 23% 28.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 181 177 107 39 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 449 Write 138 Mixed 318 SusWrite 148 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 23.9 84% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 90.7 106% 183 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 102%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 149GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 117 118 118 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 232 Write 263 Mixed 236 SusWrite 116 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 23.7 78% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 37.2 35% 52.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 89GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 117 118 118 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 72.7 Write 51.3 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 116 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 112%
Seagate One Touch HDD 2TB 598 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 1707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 26.8 Write 27.4 Mixed 26.9 SusWrite 29.8 21% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 166% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown OCZ3RPR16002G OCZ3RPR16002G 20GB 533, 533, 800, 800 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 11.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

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