Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.38% 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.
Boot Drive	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '19 at 00:13
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 54.3 2-Core 104 55% 83.2 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 206 28% 206 Pts	64-Core 206 13% 206 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 1773) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	8.38% Terrible	Lighting 11.8 Reflection 9.69 Parallax 5.16 10% 8.88 fps	MRender 8.48 Gravity 8.23 Splatting 5.83 6% 7.51 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.38% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 79 58 52 58 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 422 Write 286 Mixed 309 SusWrite 80.7 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 28.8 120% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 163 140% 204 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL7-7-7 DDR3- 4x2GB 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.2% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 13.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 10.3 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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	62x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16