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Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	48% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '22 at 18:00
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 below expectations (37^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 74.8 1-Core 58.9 2-Core 108 51% 80.7 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 214 26% 200 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 128GB 293 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126K SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 76 123 106 122 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 368 Write 128 Mixed 152 SusWrite 106 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 18.3 64% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 126 103% 149 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 79%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$35 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 876GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 180 179 172 178 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 182 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 168 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2x4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 16 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.3 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 49%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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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 $131Bench 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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