Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 16:42
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 64.8 2-Core 130 58% 93.4 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 376 37% 301 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0468) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.9% Below average	Lighting 34.9 Reflection 44.4 Parallax 75.7 28% 51.6 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 51.1 Splatting 73 50% 60 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 60GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8469 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1199 (A5) Unknown 100 100 133174657437 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 56 (A8) Unknown 100 100 34 (A9) Unknown 100 100 550 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 225 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 63 270583988256 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1176843387221 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6527 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8468 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6353 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8077 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.3% Above average	Read 336 Write 249 Mixed 247 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 10.3 70% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 41.2 DQ Mixed 9.8 14% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 287GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 178 7958 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10547 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5046 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 657 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10646 (C2) HDA temperature 115 92 37 (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	41.4% Average	Read 68 Write 76.1 Mixed 64.6 52% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 52%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38704833 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 464922989 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3653 (B4) Unknown 100 100 73634816 (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 68 54 588316704 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 17179869216 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 49 38704833 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.6% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 95.4 Mixed 93.1 72% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 58%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 3GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 123 Write 34.3 Mixed 58.2 77% 72 MB/s	4K Read 5.27 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.93 101% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,425 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.6 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.4% 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%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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 $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) $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