Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.3% 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	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '16 at 16:40
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 65.2 2-Core 118 59% 91.7 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 188 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PwrHis(1787 5000) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.160.769 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Lighting 41.3 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 56.2 34% 42.8 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 38 30% 35.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 120GB 5,433 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 77 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 89 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 292	70.6% Very good	Read 501 Write 445 Mixed 467 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 11.2 68% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 11.4 29% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 97%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 410 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 482 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 105 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 66 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 85 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2279928567 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2453487653	33.3% Below average	Read 440 Write 94.4 Mixed 62.2 42% 199 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 8.72 4K Mixed 5.05 31% 8.95 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 7.15 DQ Mixed 4.49 8% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 48%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 173 0 (03) Spinup time 150 150 9491 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1227 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1225 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 722 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1949 (C2) HDA temperature 125 100 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	71.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 124 Mixed 120 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 17.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 54%

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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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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