Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.1% 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	28.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '20 at 12:55
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 80.9 1-Core 65.9 2-Core 120 56% 89 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 276 31% 243 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 40.6 Parallax 52.2 37% 45.9 fps	MRender 56.2 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 37.7 35% 43.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1. SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 37 16 31 23 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 380 Write 171 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 32.6 35% 162 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 7.4 35% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 16.8 14% 21.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 865GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 121 119 124 125 124 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 164 Write 163 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 123 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 549GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 132 132 134 134 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 149 Mixed 118 SusWrite 133 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 109%
Toshiba HDWU120 2TB 611 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 959GB free Firmware: MZ4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 125 135 136 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 132 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 133 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 128% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 1,467 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 15.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 11.1 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 51%

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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	946x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	856x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	281x
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 $79Bench 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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Total price: $366

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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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16