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Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.2% 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	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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '22 at 12:22
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$90 261,607 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 above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 64.4 2-Core 108 57% 87.9 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 226 26% 205 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.2% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 44.4 Parallax 51.8 32% 45 fps	MRender 45.2 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 32.6 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 35%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$34 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 66 66 95 150 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 160 Write 184 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 92.3 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 3,795 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 9.5 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 32%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	976x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	888x
FX-8320AMD $95Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	415x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	292x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	184x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	172x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	143x
A400 480GBKingston $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	110x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	87x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	152x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	70x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	65x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $318

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