Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 04:38
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 77.6 2-Core 155 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 482 47% 384 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E344) CLim: 1274 MHz, MLim: 1980 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 38 22% 33 fps	MRender 32.3 Gravity 27.6 Splatting 36.6 27% 32.2 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 510GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 82 3412 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1642 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4173 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 792 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 894 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9564 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 210454249502 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 290 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 792 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 91651	47.1% Average	Read 79.4 Write 84.7 Mixed 70.8 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 50%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 465GB free Firmware: AM003M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 1337 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1443 (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 95 95 2235 (0A) Spinup retry count 128 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 719 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18481 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 223339085855 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 880 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 262 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	60% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 96.1 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 447GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 63764247 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 630 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 120121122 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 613 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 621936677 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 638 (C2) HDA temperature 37 12 51539607589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 63764247 (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 -127023657777037 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23338200013 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23780888633	76.7% Very good	Read 144 Write 123 Mixed 105 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 19.4 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 15.1 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 51%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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	159x

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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