Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 56.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	19.9% 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	48.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '22 at 19:05
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.9% Above average	Memory 84.7 1-Core 45.3 2-Core 89.3 49% 73.1 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 172 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 920 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 24.7 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 30.7 20% 29.2 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 22.5 Splatting 22.2 19% 23.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 106 110 109 113 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 318 Write 143 Mixed 185 SusWrite 110 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 21.5 71% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 140 108% 147 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 188 187 190 192 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 145 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 188 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 43GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 111 111 111 109 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 104 Write 94.6 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 109 61% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 126GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 142 144 145 145 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 96.9 Write 57.9 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 142 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-010.A 9905403-011.A 99U5474-010.A 9905403-011.A 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.1% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.7 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.9 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 43%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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 $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16