Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.4% 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	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 21:08
Run Duration	328 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 49.2 2-Core 105 50% 78.1 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 166 19% 148 Pts	64-Core 167 10% 167 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Gigabyte(1458 2553) 2GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Lighting 28.3 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 33.9 23% 30.8 fps	MRender 26.6 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 36 24% 28.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 30858498 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 -20830591358082 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1332 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 749 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 38657720347 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 30858498 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 30858498 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 30858498 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 65661 (EA) Unknown 0 0 52435 (F1) Unknown 0 0 52435 (F2) Unknown 0 0 56020	63% Good	Read 450 Write 217 Mixed 298 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 18.7 90% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 55.4 58% 95 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 93%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3510805 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 700886766 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 56711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1368 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 158 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 471531547 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 17179869211 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 29 3510805 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.1% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 73.4 72% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.46 104% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74273599 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 8792290219 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2221 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 17180131576 (BD) vendor-specific 43 43 57 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 505282590 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 21474836510 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 22 74273599 (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 123368640640221 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1115492455 (F2) Unknown 100 253 553029469	68.3% Good	Read 128 Write 110 Mixed 118 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.58 130% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 70%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 344GB free Firmware: 0636 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 27.1 Write 27.6 Mixed 29.3 21% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.21 56% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 62%
829 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 23GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	6.14% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 7.61 Mixed 6.8 13% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.09 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.14% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A160 Team-Elite-16 Team-Elite-16 12GB 667, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.1% Very poor	MC Read 5.4 MC Write 4.8 MC Mixed 5.5 15% 5.23 GB/s	SC Read 3.2 SC Write 3.2 SC Mixed 3.3 9% 3.23 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns

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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	939x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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