Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.2% 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	62.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 01:58
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 76.7 2-Core 133 64% 101 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 363 40% 315 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2768) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 38.7 27% 33.7 fps	MRender 41.4 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 34.1 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 655GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2107 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3080226 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 48 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 998 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 60 257699151902 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 38654705673 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 435 (EA) Unknown 100 100 707 (F1) Unknown 253 253 672 (F2) Unknown 253 253 511 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.1% Good	Read 415 Write 312 Mixed 285 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 13.2 73% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 24.1 43% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 107%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 625GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80655720 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 708 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 160304481 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 720 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1573 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 77309411356 (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 -86470576567603 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34612824436 (F2) Unknown 100 253 331109712044	93.2% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 145 Mixed 123 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 5.16 4K Mixed 0.51 186% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 111%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 891GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 79.6 121% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.24 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 45%
SanDisk Cruzer 16GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5530, sandisk cruxer 16gb Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	5.39% Terrible	Read 17 Write 4.88 Mixed 6.57 10% 9.49 MB/s	4K Read 7.76 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 30% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.39% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 3,295 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 18 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.6 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.2% 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 $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	158x

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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