Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.2% 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	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 21:05
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62% Good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 64.2 2-Core 124 57% 91.3 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 354 34% 282 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 80.7 54% 71.3 fps	MRender 64.7 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 55.6 50% 61.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1668 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 74 60 171799805978 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	50.9% Above average	Read 306 Write 255 Mixed 224 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 16.8 68% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 85.9 DQ Mixed 18.3 24% 42 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 106%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 365GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 239822424 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1432088 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 471203868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 279 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 73014444060 (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 -19675245182370 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1675799453 (F2) Unknown 100 253 647547309	87.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 156 Mixed 83.8 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.71 216% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A TMS4GB364E081 9905474-060.A 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.5% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 14 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 45%

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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	953x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	863x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	399x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	162x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	142x
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	150x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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