Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 19:15
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 138 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 290 33% 256 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% PwrHis(1787 2327) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.77% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.35 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.22 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2 2% 1.82 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.77% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14136301 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -48043504158047 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 68 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 44 73017327653 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 73017327653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14136301 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14136301 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14136301 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11831 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8831 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8831 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8025 (F4) Unknown 97 97 196739187	51.4% Above average	Read 457 Write 113 Mixed 170 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 11.8 80% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 39.2 40% 60.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 73%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 296GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 20 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9151 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4144 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 43201 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 902 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 31 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 53 201864314918 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 39 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 23 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4240	73.3% Very good	Read 112 Write 144 Mixed 146 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.48 114% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 77%
WD 5000AAD External 500GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 299GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 30 Write 24.4 Mixed 26.2 34% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.27 72% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 21%
StoreJet Transcend 320GB 727 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 182GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 25.2 Mixed 8.59 25% 21.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.29 38% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 7,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 15.6 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 50%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
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	159x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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