Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.5% 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	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '16 at 10:42
Run Duration	1205 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 137 62% 99.8 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 432 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gainward(10B0 1184) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 39.8 Parallax 51.1 36% 45 fps	MRender 54.1 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 37.2 34% 43 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6838 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1958 (B1) Unknown 94 94 66 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 42 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 977 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23635676585	79.8% Very good	Read 498 Write 325 Mixed 347 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 22.7 109% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 66.2 77% 135 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 118%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 146GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 30000 (03) Spinup time 220 182 1991 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1273 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 944 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 31 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 196 196 114 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 196 195 114 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 199 34	0.78% Terrible	Read 0.56 Write 1.48 Mixed 3.1 1% 1.71 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.44 102% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 0.78% Great: 35%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 42GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960696 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1164 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1004 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1182 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 163209412638 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.5% Very good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 143 102% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.15 54% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 103%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 91 Write 63.3 Mixed 65.3 89% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 44%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 13,169 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	6.23% Terrible	Read 23.1 Write 6.05 Mixed 8.53 13% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.51 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.007 25% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.23% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS 1x8GB 891 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.7 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 33%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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	157x

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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