Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	47.4% 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	55.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	11.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '17 at 19:26
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 131 62% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 287 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1260 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Lighting 59.1 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 72.7 48% 65.7 fps	MRender 63.2 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 52.3 46% 56.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX930 240GB-$80 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.9E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 0 (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 100 100 1701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 305 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 172 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1638403 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 12888113170 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2023 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 71 71 124555624477 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 31077491200 (EA) Unknown 100 100 62295868032 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6242129069 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7926332569	55.7% Above average	Read 241 Write 351 Mixed 291 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 14.6 75% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 85.1 DQ Mixed 16.1 23% 41.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 131 Write 84.3 Mixed 78.5 73% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 4.27 4K Mixed 0.48 165% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 669GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188330896 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12048 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38734287 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2783 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 838 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64444 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 60129542172 (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 -110092896691101 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2325578905059 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40242167658664	91.7% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 175 Mixed 38 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.37 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 305GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42327848 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8285 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18297716 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2856 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41782 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 55834574877 (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 -48627619720996 (F1) Unknown 100 253 370798356002 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12275177524880	73.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 119 Mixed 21.2 67% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 54%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	857x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16