Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 29% Raft	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 16%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	17.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 06:24
Run Duration	1212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Memory 22.5 1-Core 15.5 2-Core 31.3 15% 23.1 Pts	4-Core 51.6 8-Core 87 8% 69.3 Pts	64-Core 89.9 6% 89.9 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Diamond(1092 E221) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Lighting 18.7 Reflection 23.4 Parallax 30.2 15% 24.1 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 20.4 Splatting 32.2 22% 25.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Verbatim SATA-III SSD 120GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 16GB free Firmware: FW3.3.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 -79937931290146 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1171 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 58 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 60132163619 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9921 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6062 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6062 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9339	24% Poor	Read 135 Write 113 Mixed 102 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 6.17 37% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 26.7 DQ Mixed 6.89 9% 16 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 82%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC14 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225130791 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 676 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 123996803 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8542 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 922 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 672727080 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 972 (C2) HDA temperature 40 52 73014444072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 25 225130791 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 54 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -59777354815668 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1995779549 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2115731555	53.4% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 90.1 Mixed 31.6 53% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.49 73% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 23GB free Firmware: 3.AHG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8928 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 332643900 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2351 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 43 606076964 (C2) HDA temperature 36 57 64424509476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 57 40900037 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	30.5% Below average	Read 51.2 Write 54.9 Mixed 13 29% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 44%
OLYMPUS DVR 32GB 5GB free, PID 0264 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.12% Terrible	Read 1.78 Write 2.1 Mixed 1.79 2% 1.89 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.11 31% 0.44 MB/s

OLYMPUS DVR 2GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 1GB free, PID 0264 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.69% Terrible	Read 2.05 Write 1.9 Mixed 1.79 2% 1.92 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.14 38% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 3.69% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	MC Read 4.9 MC Write 3.7 MC Mixed 4.4 12% 4.33 GB/s	SC Read 2 SC Write 2.5 SC Mixed 2.6 7% 2.37 GB/s	Latency 303 13% 303 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 97%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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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 $66Bench 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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Total price: $366

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 $179	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) $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