Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (46%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '19 at 10:38
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 85.7 1-Core 43.6 2-Core 95 49% 74.8 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 185 24% 184 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 356D) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 418.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 18.6 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 18.4 15% 18.1 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 25.1 Splatting 0.13 12% 17.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 8.9 13 13 9.1 7.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	6.05% Terrible	Read 11 Write 18.5 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 10 10% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 6.05% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 144GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 17 18 15 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 19.5 Write 12.5 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 15.6 12% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 103% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS512MLK64V6H 2x4GB 483 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.5% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 8.9 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 59%

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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%

Battle cruiser

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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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 $45	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