Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	29.8% 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	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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 12:53
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.2% Average	Memory 69.5 1-Core 26.5 2-Core 49.4 35% 48.5 Pts	4-Core 83.6 8-Core 152 14% 118 Pts	64-Core 140 9% 140 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.8% Poor	Lighting 20.4 Reflection 39.7 Parallax 97.5 17% 52.6 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 60.2 55% 68.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 138 152 156 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 138 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 152 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 109%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 76GB free Firmware: 2AJ10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 52 52 50 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 50 Write 19.5 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 51.2 29% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 BLS4G3D1609DS Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 16GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 13.3 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 7.5 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 51%

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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%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	946x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	856x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	281x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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 $79Bench 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	62x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16