Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.1% 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	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '19 at 23:07
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 39.3 2-Core 128 49% 81.5 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 417 39% 325 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% EVGA(3842 2643) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.1% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 7.54 Parallax 8.81 6% 8.13 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.85 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.1% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 279 305 291 248 284 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 353 Write 321 Mixed 262 SusWrite 276 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 27.3 4K Mixed 22.8 74% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 37.5 33% 47.7 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 124%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 116GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 127 134 148 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 378 Write 180 Mixed 208 SusWrite 133 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 11.9 62% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 15.8 24% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 72%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 52GB free Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 129 126 126 114 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	39.9% Below average	Read 274 Write 117 Mixed 145 SusWrite 123 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 18.3 66% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 20.4 DQ Mixed 22 17% 24 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 767GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 127 134 148 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70% Very good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 67 SusWrite 134 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 109%
WD My Book 1230 5TB 1,107 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 27.3 Write 26.8 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 27.5 36% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 101% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160 2x8GB 880 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.5 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 50%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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