Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18% 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	48.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 16:19
Run Duration	423 Seconds
Run User	EUR-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 58 2-Core 106 55% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 317 31% 253 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2382) 1GB CLim: 880 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 21 Reflection 24.6 Parallax 19 17% 21.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 22.7 20% 24.3 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z232 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 566 (A6) Unknown 100 100 64 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 116 (A9) Unknown 100 100 245 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 102 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 231928234027 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 840 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7137 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2611 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2544	48.1% Average	Read 361 Write 167 Mixed 234 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 3.87 63% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 26.2 49% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 71%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 376GB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387919277 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 506 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 193274642467 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.8% Good	Read 110 Write 123 Mixed 116 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 64GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 104032698 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37047868 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 43 621936676 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 719 (C2) HDA temperature 36 14 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 104032698 (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 127109557126879 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26593489251 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16898387417	86.7% Excellent	Read 191 Write 111 Mixed 131 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.24 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 119 Write 97.9 Mixed 88.3 126% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.27 87% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 105%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 75.1 Write 66.3 Mixed 68 89% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.15 52% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 558GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 28.6 Mixed 14.4 30% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.16 53% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 49%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 187GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 27.6 Mixed 26.5 36% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 44%
Intenso Ultra Line 32GB 291 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 18GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	9.19% Terrible	Read 30.4 Write 14.3 Mixed 6.33 18% 17 MB/s	4K Read 3.56 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.01 23% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.19% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT 2x8GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	47.4% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 59%

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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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Total price: $366

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