Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	42.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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 (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 14 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 19:23
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 68.7 1-Core 23.5 2-Core 91 39% 61.1 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 333 36% 287 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.5% Average	Lighting 44.4 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 60.7 36% 58.2 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 67.7 55% 66.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 78 76 77 78 79 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.9% Average	Read 284 Write 277 Mixed 238 SusWrite 101 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 20.2 69% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 184 150% 213 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 118%
Toshiba MQ02ABF100 1TB-$55 6,063 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 860GB free Firmware: DS001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 99 100 100 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 83.2 Write 103 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 100 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173CB0- RMR5030ED58E8 BLS4G3D1609DS BLS4G3D1609DS 14GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.5% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 15.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 44%

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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	943x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $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 $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