Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 58.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.87% 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	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120814
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 10:31
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Memory 81.2 1-Core 58 2-Core 109 52% 82.6 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 263 29% 228 Pts	64-Core 254 16% 254 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 60%

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. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	5.87% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 7.65 Parallax 6.94 6% 7.45 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 6 5% 6.09 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.87% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 129 129 130 129 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 428 Write 133 Mixed 131 SusWrite 128 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 19 91% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 47.2 71% 137 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 808GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 145 147 146 149 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 145 Write 125 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 146 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 73GB free Firmware: 3.CHL SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 56 56 57 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 23.7 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 56.1 32% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 44%
Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016)-$105 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 169GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 93 92 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 91.8 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 91.5 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 100%
Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016)-$105 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 166 165 168 165 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 156 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 166 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.6 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 65%

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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 $37Bench 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 i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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