Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.6% 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	56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 13:00
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Memory 64.9 1-Core 54.9 2-Core 92.8 45% 70.9 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 194 22% 175 Pts	64-Core 249 15% 249 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.7.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.6% Poor	Lighting 29.3 Reflection 55.7 Parallax 32.4 24% 39.1 fps	MRender 57.3 Gravity 24.1 Splatting 46 35% 42.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 138 120 138 138 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 357 Write 206 Mixed 209 SusWrite 142 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 24.1 80% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 26.9 63% 133 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 682GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 163 161 160 162 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 145 Mixed 95 SusWrite 160 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EWB4GB681PAE- 2x4GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 6.8 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 46%

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	941x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
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	61x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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