Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.6% 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	30.9% 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 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 13 '21 at 23:15
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 125 60% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 186 26% 190 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1C81) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.6% Poor	Lighting 30.2 Reflection 26.1 Parallax 24.8 25% 27 fps	MRender 36.2 Gravity 33.8 Splatting 23.1 24% 31 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z331 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 40 34 37 35 49 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	30.9% Below average	Read 184 Write 37.4 Mixed 154 SusWrite 46.3 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 12.6 51% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 73.4 DQ Mixed 12.7 37% 81 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 71%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 74.6 Write 0.8 Mixed 2 SusWrite 0.1 14% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 304GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 69 71 73 73 72 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 81.7 Write 63.2 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 71.9 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D169DS1 BLS4G3D169DS1 BLS4G3D1609DS BLS4G3D1609DS 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 17.2 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 95%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
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 $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	62x

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Total price: $366

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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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16