Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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. 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 60.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 18:21
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	9%

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-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 84 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 118 56% 89.4 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 252 30% 230 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 045B) 1GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5583 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1206 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 346 (A9) Unknown 100 100 134 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 234 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 44 188979740704 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1872 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 30557 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9356 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9909 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 56% Great: 91%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 289GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 128 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3947 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7970 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1657 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62776 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 27 (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	80.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 138 Mixed 93.4 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 667, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 12.5 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 9.3 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 50%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	855x
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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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