Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.38% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 03:45
Run Duration	88 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 110 55% 86.2 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 154 21% 158 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 240 2,991 User benchmarks, average bench 4% XFX(1682 7240) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	4.38% Terrible	Lighting 4.97 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 6.62 4% 6.03 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 5.27 Splatting 7 5% 6.01 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.38% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 171 1558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 25 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 22 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 170 Mixed 140 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.33 101% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EWB4GB681PAE- 2x4GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.1% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 12 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 11.3 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 46%

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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	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	852x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	393x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	278x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	157x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	139x
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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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