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Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

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Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	51.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120814
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '22 at 23:52
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 79.6 1-Core 54.6 2-Core 102 50% 78.6 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 184 23% 177 Pts	64-Core 183 11% 183 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.3% Above average	Lighting 62.8 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 64.4 51% 66.6 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 66 Splatting 57.2 52% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 105 79 108 130 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 298 Write 64 Mixed 107 SusWrite 114 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 12.9 57% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 41.7 DQ Mixed 20.1 18% 27.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 76%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 267GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 305 326 322 346 266 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 410 Write 350 Mixed 307 SusWrite 312 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 31.7 110% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 81.7 DQ Mixed 48.3 40% 56 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 126%
Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB-$45 2,416 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 63GB free Firmware: BACE1G20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 52 51 51 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 58.6 Write 54.1 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 51.2 36% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.1 156% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.8% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 14.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.9 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 115%

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

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 19%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	47x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	19x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	64x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	62x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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