Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 17.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Boot Drive	10.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '23 at 15:22
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Memory 20.8 1-Core 17.2 2-Core 38.8 15% 25.6 Pts	4-Core 76.1 8-Core 112 12% 94 Pts	64-Core 94 6% 94 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 65 60 54 56 50 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.2% Very poor	Read 41.6 Write 61.7 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 59.1 13% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 5.8 15% 5.33 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 101GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 41 35 32 41 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 100 Write 28.9 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 37.1 36% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ 99U5471-054.A 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 933, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.73 GB/s	SC Read 2.6 SC Write 2.4 SC Mixed 2.6 7% 2.53 GB/s	Latency 175 23% 175 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	8	64	0"	1280 720

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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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16