Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 6% 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 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 51.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.78% 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	25% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '21 at 06:04
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	5%

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 Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 35.7 2-Core 71.4 42% 61.2 Pts	4-Core 142 8-Core 210 22% 176 Pts	64-Core 211 13% 211 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 4324) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	6.78% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 9.2 Parallax 9.5 7% 9.03 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 7.1 7% 8.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.78% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 50 29 133 39 46 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25% Poor	Read 233 Write 86.7 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 70.6 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 17.5 4K Mixed 8.5 35% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 15.2 DQ Write 16.1 DQ Mixed 14.7 11% 15.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 276GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 105 104 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 104 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$21 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 125GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 88 89 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 96.5 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 88.3 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 933, 800, 933, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	21.5"	1280 720	ACI22C3 ASUS VP228

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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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