Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.19% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130109
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 17:46
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 84.6 1-Core 46.7 2-Core 93.6 49% 75 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 180 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8525) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.19% Terrible	Lighting 9.07 Reflection 7.81 Parallax 9.25 7% 8.71 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 7.22 7% 8.52 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.19% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 238GB 1,346 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 457 Write 212 Mixed 260 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 17.9 115% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 17.1 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 11.8 24% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 21GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 123 123 25789989173 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 128 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 201864577053 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.2 Mixed 3 48% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.21 106% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 108%
JMicron Tech 3TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 184 Write 186 Mixed 145 218% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 74%
ADATA HV620 2TB 747 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 23GB free, PID a31a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 52.5 Write 51.6 Mixed 48.8 65% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.19 55% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5458-002.A Corsair CMX4GX3M2A160 99U5458-001.A Corsair CMX4GX3M2A160 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.1% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.7 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.1 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 45%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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