Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 61.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120709
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 00:43
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 66.8 2-Core 115 56% 87.9 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 359 35% 289 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2747 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.2% Very good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 124 Parallax 152 66% 119 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 138 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7398 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 754 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 85 (AE) Unknown 100 100 198 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2601 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 49 219044708387 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17201798441 (F7) Unknown 100 100 537770599 (F8) Unknown 100 100 321903736	53.1% Above average	Read 289 Write 301 Mixed 192 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 12.2 72% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 74.7 DQ Mixed 12.2 20% 36.7 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 23GB free Firmware: MS2OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 111 111 17193369806 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2093 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2060 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2137 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 188979544095 (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	71.6% Very good	Read 123 Write 127 Mixed 55 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.12 50% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 99%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 84.4 Write 87.2 Mixed 68.9 102% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.6% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.1 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 76.1 52% 76.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 115%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $86Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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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