Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '17 at 11:19
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 64.6 2-Core 130 58% 93.5 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 364 36% 293 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 70.8 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 87.5 58% 76.3 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 56.1 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2296 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 147 (A9) Unknown 100 100 176 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 46 (AE) Unknown 100 100 101 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 44 188979544091 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 309 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5939 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2124 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1962 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	58.2% Above average	Read 386 Write 258 Mixed 200 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 15.5 83% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 16.5 24% 43 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 232GB 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 140 133 1991 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3305 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 995 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1705128166254 (BE) vendor-specific 73 49 471531547 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1580 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 632 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 686869 (C2) HDA temperature 116 92 27 (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	41.3% Average	Read 72.5 Write 71.1 Mixed 24.4 41% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 41%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 191GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 552 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 43075341419 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21149 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2676 (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 73 40 1877388951579 (C2) HDA temperature 27 60 51539607579 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 23 552 (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 127075197406998 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4010053086 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3679609883	69.2% Good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 17.1 62% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.54 106% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 88%
Hitachi HTS542516K9S 160GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 124GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.3% Poor	Read 52.2 Write 52.3 Mixed 23.7 52% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.33 48% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.3% 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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 51%

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

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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	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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16