Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17.7% 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	49.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130123
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 21:30
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Memory 73.7 1-Core 51.2 2-Core 76.5 45% 67.1 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 240 26% 204 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Gigabyte(1458 226C) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 20.7 Parallax 39.8 14% 26.1 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 27.7 Splatting 32.8 24% 28.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0705AB SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 81 77 50 50 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 318 Write 312 Mixed 278 SusWrite 78.1 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 29.4 95% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 78.7 DQ Mixed 43 36% 51 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 508GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 90 90 81 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 110 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 82.8 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 114%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 230GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 73 90 89 82 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 90 Write 88.3 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 82.4 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3 Kingston 99U5471-039.A 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.5% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 8.1 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.7 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 93 43% 93 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 29%

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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 $47Bench 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 $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $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