Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 13% 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 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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 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.

CPU throttled at 90% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 14:41
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	90%

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 II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 80.5 1-Core 35 2-Core 71.2 43% 62.2 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 203 22% 172 Pts	64-Core 210 13% 210 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 38.4 36% 41.9 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 35.3 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 717GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 116 125 118 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 11.5 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 123 52% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160 1x8GB 1,194 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 9.1 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.8 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 32%

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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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Typical GA-970A-DS3P Builds (Compare 3,175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
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	61x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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