Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	45.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '16 at 21:42
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 135 60% 97.4 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 324 32% 263 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 548GB free (System drive) Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2080 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 397 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17188192334 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 119 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 40 171799805982 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55834574861 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 783 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3309 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2539 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2524 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	45.8% Average	Read 330 Write 228 Mixed 200 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 8.38 60% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 38.9 DQ Mixed 8.4 13% 23.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 107%
Kingston SV100S2 256GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 18GB free Firmware: D110225a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 9348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3244 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 171800920100 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 17235968 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9394200726	16.5% Very poor	Read 124 Write 43.8 Mixed 87.4 19% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.63 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 0.58 28% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 11.5 DQ Write 46.7 DQ Mixed 7.09 12% 21.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 2x8GB 1,087 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 13.4 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.8% 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	158x

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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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