Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.5% 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	49.7% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 15:28
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 92 1-Core 61.3 2-Core 123 58% 92 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 326 33% 265 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 25.6 Parallax 26.9 20% 25.9 fps	MRender 24.2 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 28.9 21% 25 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th 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 4216 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (64) Unknown 100 100 4447008 (65) Unknown 100 100 705600 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 1349 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1280 (B7) Unknown 99 99 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 163210067999 (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 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8156 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3877 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6473 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8918 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	49.7% Average	Read 468 Write 234 Mixed 139 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 24.3 4K Mixed 3.82 48% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 28.7 DQ Mixed 24.4 32% 59.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 267GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 50383672 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 480 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9737926 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 59 572456994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9646 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 85899345954 (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 -21942987914655 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13704689837 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58907827320	77.3% Very good	Read 147 Write 123 Mixed 146 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 114%
Samsung Flash Drive DUO 64GB 839 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 146 Write 37.8 Mixed 102 107% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.74 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 1.23 104% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 35%

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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 50%

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	852x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	393x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	278x
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	139x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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