Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.7% 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	27.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '18 at 17:17
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 63.3 2-Core 122 58% 91.3 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 285 32% 254 Pts	64-Core 298 18% 298 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 7260) CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 31.2 21% 28.8 fps	MRender 26.9 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 31.6 23% 27.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 130GB 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 9148 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2469 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38664274039 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 398 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 83 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 68 292058890271 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 146031640618 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1539 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2448 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2188 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1674 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.4% Above average	Read 355 Write 230 Mixed 109 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 11.4 69% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 55.2 DQ Mixed 12.1 18% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 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 95 95 4142467 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 132894878089616 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3666 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 279 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 37 1013614706715 (C2) HDA temperature 27 37 1013614706715 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4142467 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4142467 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4142467 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15329 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11989 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11989 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13412	27.1% Poor	Read 136 Write 89 Mixed 88.5 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 8.08 49% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18 DQ Write 72.1 DQ Mixed 8.25 17% 32.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D18ADS3 BLS8G3D169DS3 BLS8G3D18ADS3 BLS8G3D169DS3 32GB 933, 800, 933, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.1% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	852x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	393x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	278x
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	139x
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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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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