Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.2% 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 (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 00:37
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$175 106,454 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 (98^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 131 60% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 388 38% 312 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% PNY(196E 104A) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.77% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 2.54 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.16 fps	MRender 2.24 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 1.74 2% 2.07 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.77% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A 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 6593 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 141 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6322 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 31 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 97442 (F2) Unknown 100 100 154205 (F5) Unknown 100 100 50576	49.2% Average	Read 373 Write 205 Mixed 204 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 11 71% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 31.3 DQ Mixed 10.8 13% 23.6 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 176 5833 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5902 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 74 18586 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 213 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26657 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 34 (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 0	72.9% Very good	Read 123 Write 131 Mixed 138 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.26 102% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 40GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2420 (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 25743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2438 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2438 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 188979740709 (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 1	53.2% Above average	Read 92 Write 93.3 Mixed 95.8 71% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 1,044 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 52%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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	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	61x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16