Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 55.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120814
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '21 at 15:20
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (57^th 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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 61.7 2-Core 111 52% 83.3 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 249 28% 219 Pts	64-Core 243 15% 243 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk U110 128GB-$69 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 117GB free Firmware: U221000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 285 272 272 274 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 397 Write 276 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 281 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 15.4 4K Mixed 12 46% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 18.7 DQ Mixed 19.5 16% 23.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 51%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 930GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 379 380 380 376 379 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 455 Write 393 Mixed 377 SusWrite 380 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 21.5 93% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 36.6 74% 147 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 100%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03.03E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 66 68 67 70 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 95.8 Write 97 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 68 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 58%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 158GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 67 69 67 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 59.4 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 68.4 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 76%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 143 141 142 140 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 132 Mixed 67 SusWrite 141 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.1% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 85.9 46% 85.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 97%

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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 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

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

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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