Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 54.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	19.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '18 at 02:22
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Memory 79 1-Core 45.9 2-Core 83.9 46% 69.6 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 223 24% 192 Pts	64-Core 212 13% 212 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% PowerColor(148C 2360) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 27.2 18% 26.1 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 19.3 Splatting 31.7 22% 26 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 52GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 273 142 144 112 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 483 Write 404 Mixed 21.1 SusWrite 200 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 8.5 72% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 8.2 58% 136 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 108%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 26GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 308 255 204 154 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 351 Write 311 Mixed 20.1 SusWrite 230 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 26.8 72% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 35.9 31% 43.3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 806GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 80 59 73 73 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 62.8 Write 104 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 81.2 59% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1 161% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 3GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 5.8 4.9 5.4 5.5 5.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	5.62% Terrible	Read 22 Write 4.2 Mixed 3.8 SusWrite 5.2 9% 8.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.62% Great: 13%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 26GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 3.9 4 4 3.9 3.9 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 21.4 Write 14.9 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 4.2 18% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.4 158% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x4GB 1,140 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 12.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.7 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 82.5 48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 49%

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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 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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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