Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 55.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	16.9% 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	28.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 08:53
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Memory 77.3 1-Core 62.6 2-Core 118 53% 85.8 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 372 33% 280 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% XFX(1682 3003) CLim: 933 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.9.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.9% Very poor	Lighting 13.3 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 51.7 11% 31.6 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 37 29% 34.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 117 131 139 138 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 155 Write 21.3 Mixed 131 SusWrite 133 25% 110 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 11.5 38% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 11.1 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 30.3 27% 38 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 90 87 110 101 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 207 Write 102 Mixed 150 SusWrite 95.6 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 29.3 91% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 43.6 38% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 861GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 183 183 172 186 185 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 39.3 Write 164 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 178 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 DDR3 1866 DDR3 1866 DDR3 1866 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 46%

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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	943x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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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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