Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 26% Raft	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 23.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	7.99% 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	12.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '23 at 16:10
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23.9% Poor	Memory 32.8 1-Core 11.6 2-Core 28.6 17% 24.3 Pts	4-Core 81.6 8-Core 135 13% 108 Pts	64-Core 136 8% 136 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 7250) 1GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	7.99% Terrible	Lighting 9.7 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 13.4 8% 11.7 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 8.7 8% 10.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.99% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 32 17 39 55 24 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	12.3% Very poor	Read 109 Write 25.7 Mixed 91.9 SusWrite 32.4 14% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 9.7 4K Mixed 2.3 13% 5.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 75 DQ Mixed 16.3 22% 37.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 71%
CT500BX500SSD1 500GB 3,003 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 212GB free Firmware: M6CR061 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 30 16 34 51 20 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	9.72% Terrible	Read 108 Write 79.2 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 28.7 17% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 2.6 12% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 9.72% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 55 65 48 40 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 8.1 Write 20.2 Mixed 11.2 SusWrite 45.1 15% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C 1x8GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 2.1 SC Write 2.4 SC Mixed 1.8 6% 2.1 GB/s	Latency 239 17% 239 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 22.1% 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 12: 0P 1R 1G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
12%	14%	42	72	11	60	18.4"	1360 768	GSM4BAD W1943

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	859x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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