Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.1% 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 (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 13:31
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 128 58% 93 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 392 39% 319 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1338 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 89 53% 74.2 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 56.1 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU120G1122 120GB 2,087 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 308 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1039404433741 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 47 227633266734 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 476743204975 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 236 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1562 (F1) Unknown 253 253 859 (F2) Unknown 253 253 854 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.1% Above average	Read 490 Write 196 Mixed 191 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 6.38 63% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 7 38% 87.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 67%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 739GB free Firmware: CV27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101205000 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3472263 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 184 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 521404445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 205 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 55834574877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 186 Mixed 182 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 119%
Generic Flash Disk 1GB 2,763 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.39% Terrible	Read 12.6 Write 6.8 Mixed 8.47 11% 9.28 MB/s	4K Read 4.39 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 17% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.39% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x8GB 637 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14.7 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 9.9 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 53%

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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	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $15	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