Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '17 at 22:02
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 85 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 133 60% 96.5 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 284 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 3525) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.05% Terrible	Lighting 1.17 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 0.59 1% 1.38 fps	MRender 2.14 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.52 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.05% Great: 1%
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 32.4 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 36.6 26% 32.8 fps	MRender 41.6 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 34.2 29% 35.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 13GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12459 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 193 193 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 69 44 240518889503	32.4% Below average	Read 331 Write 165 Mixed 133 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 6.49 4K Mixed 2.03 31% 8.34 MB/s	DQ Read 6.33 DQ Write 22.6 DQ Mixed 6.28 7% 11.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 93%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$85 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 180 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 54 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 8 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 33 (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 100 253 0	74.8% Very good	Read 125 Write 136 Mixed 103 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 583GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 874 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4349 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4349 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 197569216544 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 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	92.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 151 Mixed 74.8 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.21 102% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-532.A 2x4GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.2% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 7 23% 8.03 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 8 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 43%

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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	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
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 $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	62x

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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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16