Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 47.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.2% 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	28.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '18 at 11:20
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Memory 66 1-Core 60.6 2-Core 83.9 45% 70.2 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 269 26% 216 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.2% Poor	Lighting 34.1 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 41.7 28% 35.5 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 30.3 Splatting 35.5 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HP S700 120GB-$30 4,522 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0616B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 153 8.7 11 27 4.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 421 Write 334 Mixed 23 SusWrite 68.9 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 1 27% 7.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 668GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 167 167 168 169 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 125 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 168 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 112%
VendorCo ProductCode 4GB 1,811 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 1.6 1.6 2.1 1.8 1.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	3.38% Terrible	Read 15.7 Write 0.2 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 1.8 4% 4.87 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.38% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A160 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 800, 933 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.2 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 55%

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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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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