Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31.1% 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	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 11:28
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 76.2 1-Core 61.5 2-Core 113 52% 83.7 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 342 33% 271 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.1% Below average	Lighting 31.4 Reflection 46.8 Parallax 56.2 26% 44.8 fps	MRender 48.7 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 59.1 42% 50.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 91 95 93 90 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 115 Write 109 Mixed 123 SusWrite 92.6 25% 110 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 18.1 70% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 92.8 DQ Mixed 34.4 33% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 268GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 112 111 110 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 110 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 620GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 178 173 181 175 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 123 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 178 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	28% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.63 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 6.4 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 87.9 46% 87.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 51%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $129Bench 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	158x

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 $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