Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.05% 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.
Boot Drive	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120330
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '20 at 17:30
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 81.2 1-Core 46 2-Core 92.9 48% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 176 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B E194) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	7.05% Terrible	Lighting 8.87 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 7.12 7% 8.22 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 9.04 7% 8.11 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.05% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 450 128GB-$80 1,040 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 277 277 275 280 226 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 430 Write 278 Mixed 263 SusWrite 268 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 25.9 88% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 239 184% 250 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 76GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 93 95 95 94 95 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 89 Write 93.5 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 93.6 61% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$79 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 45GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 111 115 118 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 136 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 115 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 75%
WL500GSA6472B 495GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 70GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 111 115 118 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 56.8 Write 60.3 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 115 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$79 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 8GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 73 72 78 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 86.8 Write 86 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 73.1 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 12 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.6 20% 7 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 65%

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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 $38Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16