Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 58.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.8% 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	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120709
Uptime	16 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '19 at 17:50
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Memory 82.5 1-Core 66.9 2-Core 119 56% 89.4 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 299 30% 242 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 2556) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Lighting 15.8 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 23.3 13% 18.8 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 16.1 13% 15.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 68 59 59 57 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 354 Write 328 Mixed 253 SusWrite 88.4 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 29.7 103% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 80.4 DQ Mixed 35.8 33% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 638GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 105 107 102 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 142 Write 129 Mixed 68 SusWrite 102 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 109%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 3,818 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 28GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 14 12 14 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	9.63% Terrible	Read 28.3 Write 16.2 Mixed 20 SusWrite 12.9 24% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 34% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.63% Great: 35%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 30 30 30 30 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 28.5 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 29.5 38% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8.6 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 45%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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