Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.38% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 08:40
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 66.6 2-Core 124 60% 94.7 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 278 31% 243 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8589) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.38% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 7.12 Parallax 7.69 5% 7.13 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 7.17 5% 6.44 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.38% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 343GB free Firmware: 0003HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 103 103 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 62.8 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 103 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 58%
Generic External 1TB 830 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 831GB free, PID 3920 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 23 24 23 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 27.7 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 23.7 36% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 63%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 25GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 4.4 3.3 4.9 3.4 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 7.7 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 4 12% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 3.2 193% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 18%
Mass Storage Device 4GB 532 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 9 9 9 8.9 9.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Read 19.5 Write 9.7 Mixed 14 SusWrite 9 16% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 73% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.1 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
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 $80Bench 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	61x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16