Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


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 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 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.7% 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	53.6% 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 8 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 01:45
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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 FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	62% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 65 2-Core 130 57% 92.8 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 376 36% 298 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2010) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Lighting 31 Reflection 22.3 Parallax 24.9 25% 26.1 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 28.8 20% 24.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 57 50 76 64 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 331 Write 320 Mixed 237 SusWrite 80.4 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 29.9 105% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 94.3 DQ Mixed 34.1 34% 51.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 89%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 910GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 103 105 104 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 94 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 104 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1333EL Series 2x4GB 878 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.7% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.6 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 54%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
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	140x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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