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 (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	57.5% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '16 at 22:16
Run Duration	487 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 74 2-Core 147 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 446 44% 359 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.151.3 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 45% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 446GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 407 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 73 63 158915166235 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14419	52.1% Above average	Read 392 Write 275 Mixed 215 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 8.65 63% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 50.4 DQ Mixed 10.3 16% 29.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 101%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 144GB free Firmware: S8FM07.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 996 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 520 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1507365 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2632	73.9% Very good	Read 496 Write 437 Mixed 462 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 10.5 75% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 28.6 50% 97.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 99%
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^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 1210 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 63 (A9) Unknown 100 100 262145 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 194 194 30074601493 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C2) HDA temperature 71 71 171800526877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	57.5% Above average	Read 442 Write 118 Mixed 150 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 18.4 89% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 25.1 49% 99.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 92%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 901GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 2033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 263 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 453 (C2) HDA temperature 114 111 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	100% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 175 Mixed 167 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.38 149% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	1.83% Terrible	Read 4.54 Write 2.94 Mixed 3.55 4% 3.68 MB/s	4K Read 2.11 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 8% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.83% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 1,736 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (84^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.3% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 97%

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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 $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	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 $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) $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