Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 50.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	May 08 '21 at 19:04
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 280 516 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	50.7% Above average	Memory 84.2 1-Core 52.7 2-Core 107 52% 81.2 Pts	4-Core 103 8-Core 105 14% 104 Pts	64-Core 103 6% 103 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.63% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 2.8 Parallax 4.5 4% 3.9 fps	MRender 4.4 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 5.1 4% 4.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.63% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 35 5.1 227 327 7.4 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 376 Write 325 Mixed 301 SusWrite 146 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 13.6 75% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 94.8 DQ Mixed 17.5 26% 45.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 2x2GB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 50%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	852x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	393x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	278x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	157x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	139x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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