Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.2% 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	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	29.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 11:17
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 70.8 2-Core 144 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 427 40% 334 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3080) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.2% Average	Lighting 56 Reflection 61.4 Parallax 86.8 46% 68 fps	MRender 61.2 Gravity 60.7 Splatting 79.4 56% 67.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 194072523 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 109590385539019 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1560 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1184 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 63 42953801761 (C2) HDA temperature 33 63 42953801761 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 194072523 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 194072523 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 194072523 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16033 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8241 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8241 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5631	32.1% Below average	Read 122 Write 84.2 Mixed 74.8 21% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 9.5 68% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 83.5 DQ Mixed 7.79 19% 37.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 73%
WD WD5000AAKB-00H8A0 500GB 1,191 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 126GB free Firmware: 05.04E05 Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 157 5041 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6396 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2950 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 848 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6396 (C2) HDA temperature 102 84 45 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.5% Average	Read 71.6 Write 72.6 Mixed 59.7 51% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.36 101% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 46%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 64GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222980093 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9347 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 189527149 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2597 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 23 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 672661532 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 25769803804 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 15 222980093 (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 -94746978524868 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1860189548 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3835057707	50.3% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 85.9 Mixed 27.3 49% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.49 114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ4GX3M1A160 CMZ4GX3M1A160 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	47.4% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 47%

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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	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
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 $75Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16