Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	1 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '21 at 00:51
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 240 5,506 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Memory 49.3 1-Core 39.7 2-Core 23.8 28% 37.6 Pts	4-Core 54.4 8-Core 66 8% 60.2 Pts	64-Core 75.8 5% 75.8 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 91.4 57% 73.1 fps	MRender 62.8 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 46.3 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 56%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 120GB 4,046 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 63 72 70 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 109 Write 92.8 Mixed 112 SusWrite 68.4 22% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 12.2 42% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 97.2 DQ Mixed 76.7 65% 95.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1x4GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	14.8% Very poor	MC Read 6.3 MC Write 3.6 MC Mixed 5.4 15% 5.1 GB/s	SC Read 3.2 SC Write 3.1 SC Mixed 2.8 9% 3.03 GB/s	Latency 163 24% 163 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 28%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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