Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.7% 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	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 12:06
Run Duration	437 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 68.9 2-Core 118 59% 92.1 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 373 37% 299 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 55.6 38% 48.4 fps	MRender 55.8 Gravity 52.3 Splatting 39.1 39% 49.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV400S37120G ÿ 120GB 112GB free Firmware: 0C3J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.4% Very poor	Read 77.7 Write 41.3 Mixed 40 12% 53 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 3.86 33% 10 MB/s	DQ Read 14.7 DQ Write 11.9 DQ Mixed 19.7 13% 15.4 MB/s

Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT07D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1367 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 86 86 158 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2144 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35537686172 (F2) Unknown 99 99 34961911070	53.5% Above average	Read 466 Write 138 Mixed 217 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 11.4 85% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 23.1 24% 37.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 76%
WD WD30EFRX-68AX9N0 2TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 74.5 Write 65.6 Mixed 58.7 50% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.23 89% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 161 6566 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9495 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4352 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 576 (BC) Unknown 94 1 1049168 (BE) vendor-specific 62 33 2611980009510 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 618 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8876 (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	61.4% Good	Read 102 Write 112 Mixed 100 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 68%
WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5816 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17006 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1935 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 754 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 113 113 261575 (C2) HDA temperature 115 88 35 (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	52.9% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 88 Mixed 86.6 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.35 95% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 71.9 Write 68.3 Mixed 59.9 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 60%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5866 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3804 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1095 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 309 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22706 (C2) HDA temperature 114 87 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 23 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 22 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 139	53.1% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 94.2 Mixed 91.6 70% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 57%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 930GB free Firmware: JA0O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 78.6 Write 47.2 Mixed 36.2 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 57%
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB 14,066 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 596GB free Firmware: JEDO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 72.5 Write 34.7 Mixed 47.8 39% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 464GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110718945 (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 774621692 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 589365283 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 33 110718945 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.6% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 98.7 Mixed 88.8 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.28 85% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 453GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 65 Write 56.7 Mixed 59.1 45% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.52 112% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 116%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,344 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 389GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 99.8 Write 95.5 Mixed 73 112% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1333C9-4GA Samsung M391B5273DH0- F3-1333C9-4GA Corsair CM3B8G2C1600L 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.6% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.4 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 42%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16