Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.3% 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	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 9 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121023
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '17 at 14:05
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 54.3 2-Core 109 52% 81.3 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 250 28% 220 Pts	64-Core 254 16% 254 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2320) 1GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 31 21% 28.2 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 20.4 Splatting 32.4 22% 25.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (64) Unknown 100 100 24576 (65) Unknown 100 100 85696 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2659 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 133145559070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28 (EA) Unknown 100 100 17 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	43.1% Average	Read 333 Write 193 Mixed 15.2 39% 181 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 5.4 59% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 39.2 DQ Mixed 0.46 10% 22.3 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 227GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220880808 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 81692087616 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3733 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032837 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 572260385 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 39 39 122679 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 42949672993 (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 120293444033755 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27935031702497 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53945307007579	70.2% Very good	Read 122 Write 123 Mixed 81.7 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.33 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 112%
Intenso Alu Line 8GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.44% Terrible	Read 17.6 Write 5.17 Mixed 5.38 10% 9.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.72 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.007 12% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.44% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	42.2% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 15.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 10.5 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16