Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 48.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.9% 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	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '21 at 11:15
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (44^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-$100 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 (6^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Memory 65.1 1-Core 59.7 2-Core 117 48% 80.7 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 161 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Device(7377 0000) 2GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 35.9 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 32.8 29% 34.5 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 34 Splatting 23.4 25% 32 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3401103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 137 114 51 282 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 465 Write 368 Mixed 366 SusWrite 102 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 21.7 99% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 100 100% 157 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 569GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 10 12 23 33 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Write 6.2 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 20 8% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 40% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL1 1x8GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 5.8 21% 7.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 7.3 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 31%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 52: 6R 4G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
52%	16%	128	262	181	60	23.5"	1920 1080	AOC2470 2470W

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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	854x
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	158x

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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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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