Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 9% Tree trunk	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 12.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	4.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	22.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 01:34
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9500 1,146 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Memory 3.44 1-Core 32.6 2-Core 65.1 16% 33.7 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 127 17% 126 Pts	64-Core 129 8% 129 Pts
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 25%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GSO 1,167 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 3489) 384MB Ram: 384MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	4.83% Terrible	Lighting 6.67 Reflection 7.04 Parallax 2.25 5% 5.32 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 5 Splatting 4.48 4% 4.46 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.83% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 51 57 58 59 60 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.2% Poor	Read 179 Write 79.9 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 55.4 21% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 9 36% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 9.8 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 11 9% 12.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 85%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 70GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 56 59 59 60 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 54 Write 54.8 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 58.1 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 58%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 380GB free Firmware: JP2OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 129 132 132 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 141 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 129 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 74%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 15 15 15 15 14 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 25.6 Write 14.6 Mixed 15.1 SusWrite 14.6 22% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x1GB 68,489 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	MC Read 4.9 MC Write 4.9 MC Mixed 4.8 14% 4.87 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 2.9 SC Mixed 3.4 9% 3.23 GB/s	Latency 469 8% 469 ns
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 20%

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

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Typical GA-MA770-DS3 Builds (Compare 16 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3

CPU
Athlon II X4 640AMD $70Bench 45%, 18,839 samples	3x
Phenom 9850AMDBench 46%, 2,080 samples	2x
Phenom 9550AMDBench 43%, 2,773 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	2x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	2x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	1x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	11x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	1x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

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Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $284

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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