Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 30% Raft	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	0.5 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '19 at 22:38
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 84.1 1-Core 44.7 2-Core 90 48% 72.9 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 237 25% 201 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.3 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65% Good	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 133 54% 95 fps	MRender 85 Gravity 101 Splatting 123 87% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 431 Write 356 Mixed 340 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 31.1 107% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 164 147% 223 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 93%
WD WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 500GB 8,392 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 8GB free Firmware: 02.03B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 72 74 78 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 80 Write 73.5 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 74 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-001.A 1x2GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	24.9% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 8.1 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.7 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 28%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	952x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	863x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	399x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	162x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	142x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	150x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16