Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 04:10
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 80 1-Core 66.7 2-Core 126 56% 90.7 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 338 36% 285 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.3.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Lighting 65.2 Reflection 64.4 Parallax 78.9 53% 69.5 fps	MRender 63.6 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 52.7 48% 59.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1564 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 35 (AE) Unknown 100 100 105 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 58 180389609503 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20802945278 (F7) Unknown 100 100 651106536 (F8) Unknown 100 100 152772654 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1924 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	55.5% Above average	Read 408 Write 318 Mixed 312 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 10.2 60% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 79.2 DQ Mixed 10.5 20% 37 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 99%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 814GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 181 5925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 38 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13321 (C2) HDA temperature 120 114 30 (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	86.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 149 Mixed 129 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.18 94% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 84%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	8.65% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 5.54 Mixed 6.88 12% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 1.2 94% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.65% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600 4x4GB 256 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.7% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 10.9 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 86%

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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	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	853x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	394x

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