Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '21 at 10:35
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 64.5 2-Core 123 57% 90.7 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 328 32% 262 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 238GB free Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 240 204 220 205 235 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 863 Write 679 Mixed 675 SusWrite 221 136% 609 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 47.8 154% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 483 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 432 323% 431 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 141%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 43 36 42 36 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 56.4 Mixed 16.6 SusWrite 37.9 26% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 39% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 82 75 85 91 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 124 Write 89.5 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 87.4 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-039.A 99U5471-039.A 9905403-148.A 20GB 800, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.3% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 7.1 23% 8.17 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 7.8 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	6	4	64	0"	1028 720

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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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