Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.4% 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	64.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 14:58
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 133 61% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 387 37% 307 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 56.7 38% 45.4 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 40 Splatting 41.4 31% 37.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 803 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 62 (A9) Unknown 100 100 176 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 41 176094642204 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 43 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1698 (F1) Unknown 253 253 776 (F2) Unknown 253 253 497 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 393 Write 316 Mixed 189 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 15.6 90% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 92.2 DQ Mixed 16.7 26% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 464GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 0 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3154 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4415747421 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2463 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032842 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 40 1877439021084 (C2) HDA temperature 28 60 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 23 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -28930899686397 (F1) Unknown 100 253 989244365 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4040271281	72.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 124 Mixed 71 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 88%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 128GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 542 (03) Spinup time 135 133 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8362 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3092 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 995 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1705128166254 (BE) vendor-specific 76 49 488112152 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1578 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 577 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 498641 (C2) HDA temperature 119 92 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.1% Average	Read 73.6 Write 69.5 Mixed 30.2 42% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.33 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 41%
Hitachi HTS542516K9S 160GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 125GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.9% Poor	Read 52.2 Write 50.6 Mixed 36 58% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.34 49% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 3,295 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 51%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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