Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.6% 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	60% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 28 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 18:34
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 83.8 1-Core 56.2 2-Core 108 53% 82.6 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 276 29% 232 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 47.9 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 58.5 39% 47.1 fps	MRender 32.3 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 42.2 32% 38.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5299 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 737 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 99 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1366 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 119 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 201864970276 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 63 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 20390 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13212 (F2) Unknown 253 253 24451 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60% Above average	Read 357 Write 317 Mixed 188 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 14.1 83% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 65.7 DQ Mixed 15.3 21% 36.3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 160GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 181 5908 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4483 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1509 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33805 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 30 (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	53.9% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 97.7 Mixed 84.4 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.24 96% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 84%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 156GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 4341 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2301 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 957 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8035 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.3% Very good	Read 122 Write 127 Mixed 96.6 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.24 93% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 KHX1600C10D3/ 9905403-559.A KHX1600C10D3/ 28GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.8% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 14 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 10.4 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 44%

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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 $36Bench 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