Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 52.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39.9% 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	32.6% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '21 at 12:43
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 925-$150 5,211 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Memory 77.6 1-Core 41.5 2-Core 82.8 45% 67.3 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 164 22% 164 Pts	64-Core 164 10% 164 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Lighting 51.7 Reflection 48.9 Parallax 64.2 42% 54.9 fps	MRender 48.4 Gravity 51.5 Splatting 34.2 36% 44.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Emtec X150 480GB 1,954 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 148 151 152 152 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.6% Below average	Read 234 Write 99.5 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 149 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 10.8 44% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 10 DQ Write 31.2 DQ Mixed 35.5 23% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 99%
Emtec X150 480GB 1,954 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 272GB free Firmware: SBFMJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 327 325 324 323 323 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 338 Write 291 Mixed 279 SusWrite 322 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 33 4K Mixed 25.2 82% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 60.6 DQ Mixed 34.2 29% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 99%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 148 148 152 152 152 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 158 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 150 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 236GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 16 11 4 71 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 69 Write 41.6 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 36.6 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 62%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 1,000 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3TB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 115 118 118 118 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 111 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 119 137% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 181% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair VS2GB1333D4 4x2GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.6% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 12.7 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.6% 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%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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	159x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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