Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.7% 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	49% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '16 at 09:22
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (57^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, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 124 60% 94.4 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 354 34% 283 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2382) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 24.9 Parallax 19 17% 21.7 fps	MRender 22.1 Gravity 22.4 Splatting 23.3 18% 22.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z232 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 6 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 46 (A9) Unknown 100 100 245 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 100 231928234032 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 73 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1457 (F1) Unknown 253 253 708 (F2) Unknown 253 253 687	49% Average	Read 369 Write 165 Mixed 237 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 3.62 66% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 26.3 50% 99.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 359GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 182671972 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 317 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6060766 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 173 (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 66 43 656080930 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 336 (C2) HDA temperature 34 17 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 182671972 (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 -38766374813183 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6644534541 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2547892227	82.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 147 Mixed 139 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 112%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 504GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 92.2 Write 74.9 Mixed 76.8 102% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 161GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 75.3 118% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 45GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 27.9 Write 29.1 Mixed 17.7 31% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.19 52% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT 2x8GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	46.1% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 59%

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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	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	159x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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