Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.55% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '19 at 02:47
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8310 1,697 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 55.8 2-Core 132 56% 91.3 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 335 34% 273 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 8A90) ≥ 4GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.55% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 5.35 Parallax 3.53 4% 4.46 fps	MRender 4.76 Gravity 4.67 Splatting 3.13 3% 4.19 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.55% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 96.8 Write 104 Mixed 92.4 74% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E1 3TB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 77GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 18 17 17 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 30.6 Write 30.8 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 17.5 34% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 49%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 376 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 5TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 30.6 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 17.5 36% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 74%
Generic USB SD Reader 134GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 123GB free, PID 6332 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 16.1 Mixed 10.3 14% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F9192 2x8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 16.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 58%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	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