Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 9% 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 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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.58% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

CPU throttled at 90% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120814
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '22 at 18:46
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	90%

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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 59.6 2-Core 108 53% 83.6 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 333 33% 269 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.58% Terrible	Lighting 8.8 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.4 7% 9.8 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 9.9 Splatting 8.8 8% 10.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 7.58% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0121AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 52 51 51 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 410 Write 376 Mixed 356 SusWrite 83.3 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 32.7 103% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 221 169% 229 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 92%
Bc711 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 2,597 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 100GB free Firmware: 41002131 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 602 431 452 443 436 478 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,111 Write 818 Mixed 946 SusWrite 474 187% 837 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 68.2 223% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 474 DQ Write 416 DQ Mixed 442 332% 444 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 273%
USB FLASH DRIVE 1GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID b113 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	2.64% Terrible	Read 9 Write 2 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 2.1 4% 3.95 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.64% Great: 9%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1TB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 3.4 12 14 14 9 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	5.9% Terrible	Read 17 Write 9.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 9.8 12% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.9% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.4 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 115%

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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 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 $90Bench 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 $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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