Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 61.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 days ago, 2 days ago, 1 day ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '22 at 17:38
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 47,690 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 130 59% 94 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 390 39% 311 Pts	64-Core 405 27% 405 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 144,755 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gigabyte(1458 3614) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 31.2 Reflection 15.9 Parallax 40 25% 29 fps	MRender 41.3 Gravity 40 Splatting 32.9 32% 38.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 30%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 122,897 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 92 85 99 103 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 118 Write 84.7 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 91.3 68% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 102%
SanDisk Gigaware 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 11GB free, PID 555f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 13 14 14 14 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	7.96% Terrible	Read 23.2 Write 8.5 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 13.5 15% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.96% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 C18 4x8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.1 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 99%

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

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Typical GA-970A-DS3P Builds (Compare 18,379 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 67%, 330,237 samples	5,495x
FX-6300AMD $80Bench 61%, 264,691 samples	5,023x
FX-8320AMD $160Bench 63%, 113,708 samples	2,173x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 967,143 samples	1,625x
RX 580AMD $220Bench 55%, 758,433 samples	1,151x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,449,936 samples	926x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $29Bench 68%, 368,669 samples	779x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 715,782 samples	463x
A400 120GBKingston $25Bench 60%, 163,559 samples	462x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,559 samples	791x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,376 samples	492x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,604 samples	368x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $280	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $111
Intel Core i7-12700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16