Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	22.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 23:35
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T-$165 5,709 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 40.9 2-Core 81.9 45% 67.4 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 232 24% 195 Pts	64-Core 233 14% 233 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 3310) 1GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 26.6 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 31.8 22% 29.4 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 32.7 23% 28 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 139 136 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1412 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 410 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1015 (C2) HDA temperature 110 85 33 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.4% Good	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.46 104% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$150 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1270 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1255 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2628 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 37 (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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.9% Average	Read 77.3 Write 64.9 Mixed 75.7 55% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.3 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1333 CL9 2x8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.5% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.4 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 8 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 32%

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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	956x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	865x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	403x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	163x

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	69x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	63x

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