Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	47.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 14:46
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 960T-$469 4,461 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 82.1 1-Core 49.7 2-Core 98.1 50% 76.6 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 177 23% 175 Pts	64-Core 174 11% 174 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% PowerColor(148C 2379) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Lighting 57.4 Reflection 64 Parallax 84.6 47% 68.7 fps	MRender 63.9 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 53.6 48% 59.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 302 Write 201 Mixed 160 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 8.1 77% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 99.5 DQ Mixed 9.3 23% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 168GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 160 162 169 168 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 180 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 164 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.5% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.73 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 7.8 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 49%

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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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	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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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Total price: $366

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