Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 58.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	19.7% 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	47.9% 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 (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	May 01 '17 at 12:14
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Memory 82.7 1-Core 63 2-Core 114 55% 86.4 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 244 28% 220 Pts	64-Core 267 16% 267 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 22.5 19% 21 fps	MRender 23.6 Gravity 22.4 Splatting 16.8 17% 20.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 19%
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372D) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 22.2 19% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 25.6 Splatting 25.1 21% 26.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Acmeor ssd 120G 120GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1224C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th 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 61 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 121 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 359491 (A5) Unknown 100 100 370 (A6) Unknown 100 100 319 (A7) Unknown 100 100 351 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 453 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 248910 (F2) Unknown 100 100 119541 (F5) Unknown 100 100 902076	47.9% Average	Read 417 Write 154 Mixed 232 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 3.04 56% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 17.9 48% 103 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 79%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 151GB free Firmware: JPFOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 122 122 148 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681605 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4678 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 44170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 550 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4901 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4901 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 223339282467 (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	38.5% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 69.6 Mixed 68.8 51% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.27 71% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 50%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 136GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 140 (03) Spinup time 110 110 30087840090 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 20447 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 57568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1309 (C0) Power-off retract count 82 82 21926 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 21926 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 223339282471 (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	48.8% Average	Read 83.3 Write 86.7 Mixed 74 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 83GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135787496 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6610 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4405994588 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 38787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (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 63 49 673251365 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 29 135787496 (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 74521977591264 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2942154630 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3178289331	58.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 84.8 72% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.38 81% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ TEAMGROUP-UD3 KHX1600C10D3/ TEAMGROUP-UD3 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 9.5 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 47%

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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	946x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	856x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	281x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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 $79Bench 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	62x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16