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Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

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Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120814
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '23 at 15:51
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 77.4 1-Core 53.7 2-Core 95.7 49% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 198 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 440 14,286 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 83B0) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	3.75% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 1.6 4% 4.2 fps	MRender 6.3 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 3.7 4% 4.97 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.75% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS350 128GB 2,222 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0807A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 21 31 23 26 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 335 Write 67.2 Mixed 26.6 SusWrite 27.9 24% 114 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 11.8 69% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 0.5 6% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 174GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 70 68 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 81.5 Write 91.1 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 68.1 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 126GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 4.2 5.5 4.2 5.3 4.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.5 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 50%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	47x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	19x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	64x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	62x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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