Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	18.5% 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	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120330
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '20 at 06:56
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 89.6 1-Core 43.5 2-Core 83.4 49% 72.2 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 153 19% 147 Pts	64-Core 122 8% 122 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% PNY(196E 1380) 2GB CLim: 1476 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 17.9 18% 19.1 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 25.7 Splatting 19.3 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Pyro 60GB-$125 630 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 63 61 58 59 57 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 165 Write 75.5 Mixed 106 SusWrite 61.1 23% 102 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 20.8 77% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 95.6 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 68.5 56% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 51%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 325GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 75 74 74 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 98.6 Write 102 Mixed 49.6 SusWrite 74.2 59% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	32.4% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 11.8 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7.7 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 45%

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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 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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