Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.2% 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	41.1% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 15:16
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 67.7 2-Core 129 60% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 286 32% 250 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2271) 2GB CLim: 1188 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Lighting 29.3 Reflection 33 Parallax 35.2 24% 32.5 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 26 Splatting 34 25% 29.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (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 97 97 -79946521244846 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1051 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 50 85902622750 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 85902622750 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7258 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5083 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5083 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6800	41.1% Average	Read 279 Write 111 Mixed 145 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 10.6 70% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 99.5 DQ Mixed 10.6 23% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 73%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 66GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 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 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 169 111 6533 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3766 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3517 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 678 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3767 (C2) HDA temperature 121 88 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 17874 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.5% Average	Read 78.3 Write 83.5 Mixed 28.1 46% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.4 109% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 4,786 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.1 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 47%

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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	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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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 $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