Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	9.37% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	61% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '15 at 20:48
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 55.3 2-Core 111 38% 83.1 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 205 26% 194 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 39% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3555) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5012 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.37% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 9.81 Parallax 11.9 9% 10.8 fps	MRender 14.2 Gravity 9.87 Splatting 13.8 10% 12.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.37% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79002448 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 61 (F2) Unknown 100 100 48 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2113747	61% Good	Read 315 Write 372 Mixed 296 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 13.3 80% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 14.9 24% 42.8 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 397GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 133 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2144 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2134 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2090 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.6% Good	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 85 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.48 123% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 69%
Freecom Mobile Drive XXS 500GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 194GB free, PID fc88 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 33.6 Write 32.9 Mixed 33.1 43% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 21%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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

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Performance Results

PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)