Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.3% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 20:44
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 146 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 437 42% 349 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 17 Parallax 20.3 19% 20.1 fps	MRender 25.2 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HDWM110 1TB 568 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 571GB free Firmware: HEF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 2790 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 40 (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 53 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1055 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 171799871513 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 27 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 274 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	14.6% Very poor	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 103 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 0.36 11% 6.65 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 19.7 DQ Mixed 0.5 3% 7.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 25%
Adata SU 800 256GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: P102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^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 17 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 52 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4513 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (94) Unknown 100 100 2582 (95) Unknown 100 100 103 (96) Unknown 100 100 3 (97) Unknown 100 100 75 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20462 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19365 (F5) Unknown 100 100 72208	72.8% Very good	Read 467 Write 440 Mixed 427 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 15.1 62% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 72.8 88% 152 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 186GB free Firmware: 3.01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 50 46 85499177 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6479 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 20 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 819495029 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7783 (C2) HDA temperature 28 65 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 46 85499177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.3% Below average	Read 56.7 Write 55.7 Mixed 53.9 42% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.35 76% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 34%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 646GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 61712545 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9011 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50766682 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3883 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 47 404029464 (C2) HDA temperature 24 53 60129542168 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 24 61712545 (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 88862873376528 (F1) Unknown 100 253 960746092 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3473884198	67.4% Good	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 108 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.46 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 138GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 75 201392056 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8387 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 61 434672619 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6096 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 39 4218162839582 (C2) HDA temperature 30 61 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 54 160533919 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.7% Average	Read 52.6 Write 89 Mixed 87.8 58% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.43 95% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 54%
Seagate M3 1TB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 500GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 70.5 Write 72.8 Mixed 46.3 79% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 6.13 4K Mixed 0.47 228% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 53%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 482GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 27.7 Mixed 28.6 38% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.19 44% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600LLA Serie 4x2GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 533 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.2% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 40%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
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	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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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 $46

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