Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.57% 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	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '23 at 11:43
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 62.6 2-Core 106 51% 81.1 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 233 27% 209 Pts	64-Core 235 15% 235 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B E198) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	5.57% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 6.9 Parallax 6.8 6% 6.97 fps	MRender 5.7 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 6.1 5% 6.07 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.57% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 81 57 33 74 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 415 Write 336 Mixed 108 SusWrite 80.5 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 9.2 61% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 99.4 110% 185 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A160 CMZ8GX3M1A160 12GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 667, 800 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.2% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 7.8 23% 8.13 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 40%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 21: 0P 2R 2G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
21%	11%	80	111	28	60	26"	1280 720	XXX0000 AAA

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
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 $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	62x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16