Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20130123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '23 at 19:24
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 84.4 1-Core 59.8 2-Core 119 55% 87.7 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 337 32% 262 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 7600 865 User benchmarks, average bench 110% Sapphire(1DA2 E448) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.12.1 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 167 Parallax 282 107% 193 fps	MRender 220 Gravity 183 Splatting 212 168% 205 fps
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 135%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 124 115 39 44 45 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.3% Average	Read 170 Write 161 Mixed 162 SusWrite 73.2 32% 141 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 32.4 100% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 68.3 DQ Mixed 40.9 34% 47.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 85%
WD WD10EZEX-21M2NA0 994GB 187 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 690GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 133 119 42 46 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 122 Write 98.2 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 77.8 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B1G73QH0- 1x8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	31.5% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.5 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 31%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	68	53	0	84.6"	1280 720	SAM720D SAMSUNG

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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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Value: 80% - Very good

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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16