Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.1% 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	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '19 at 15:56
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core-$150 8,564 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 81.3 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 116 55% 87.8 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 201 27% 201 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 2270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Lighting 11.8 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 15 10% 13.5 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 10.9 Splatting 14.9 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU 800 128GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 37 50 32 18 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 434 Write 128 Mixed 60 SusWrite 49.9 36% 168 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 23.6 75% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 136 114% 162 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 93%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$176 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 434GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 61 63 74 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 50 Write 54.8 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 64.2 36% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 129GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 52 48 44 43 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 164 Write 99.5 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 52.6 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.3 162% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A 99U5402-052.A 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.6% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.5 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 28%

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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	951x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	860x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	161x

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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Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16