Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 60%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '17 at 17:41
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 113 57% 88.7 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 279 30% 237 Pts	64-Core 283 18% 283 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% EVGA(3842 2712) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.91% Terrible	Lighting 4.67 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 4.34 4% 4.45 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.91% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 77 (03) Spinup time 168 160 6558 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8896 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8825 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 529 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 368754 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 193 403 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.1% Below average	Read 67.1 Write 59 Mixed 55 45% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.06 20% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 59%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 126GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 8408 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3631 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 199156 (C2) HDA temperature 119 88 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.5% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 82.5 Mixed 70.4 61% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A160 BLT2G3D1608DT CMZ4GX3M1A160 BLT2G3D1608DT 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.1% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 15.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%

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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 $57Bench 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 $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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