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 above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.88% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '20 at 20:11
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 1065T 1,141 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 84.4 1-Core 49.2 2-Core 97.4 50% 77 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 238 26% 204 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	6.88% Terrible	Lighting 9.8 Reflection 8.69 Parallax 10.2 8% 9.57 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 8.17 Splatting 0.04 5% 6.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.88% Great: 7%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 449 Write 336 Mixed 199 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 35.3 130% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 202 163% 230 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 357GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 112 Write 64.8 Mixed 75 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate Portable 5TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 4.5TB free, PID 2343 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 48.5 Write 104 Mixed 58.6 98% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 180% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 4x4GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 12 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 8.4 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 72%

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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 $75Bench 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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Total price: $366

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16