Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.7% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 17:33
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 62.3 2-Core 115 56% 88.5 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 279 32% 248 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8572) 2GB CLim: 1097 MHz, MLim: 540 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.58% Terrible	Lighting 5.47 Reflection 5.15 Parallax 5.03 4% 5.22 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 4.43 Splatting 7.09 5% 5.74 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.58% Great: 4%
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SV300S37A/60G 60GB 347 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 30GB free Firmware: Q0111A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st 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 100 100 283 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2535 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 98 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 163342 (A5) Unknown 100 100 180 (A6) Unknown 100 100 129 (A7) Unknown 100 100 163 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 95 95 95 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2258 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 93 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (F1) Unknown 100 100 115529 (F2) Unknown 100 100 89851 (F5) Unknown 100 100 248757	40% Average	Read 375 Write 80 Mixed 78 38% 178 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 2.07 66% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 79.2 DQ Mixed 1.87 16% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 55%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 234GB free Firmware: 3.AF1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 672 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 361680050941 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 52072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 589 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 33 370108071980 (C2) HDA temperature 44 67 68719476780 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 59 219389969 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	29% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 53.4 Mixed 22.2 30% 41 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.19 57% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 42%
Toshiba MK2555GSX H 250GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 131GB free Firmware: FG001Q Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 882 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2641 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5060 (0A) Spinup retry count 152 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2491 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 489 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 82598 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044184090 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 86 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2311 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 370 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	38.4% Below average	Read 66 Write 67.8 Mixed 21.3 38% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.25 68% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 42%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AF1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89077563 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 193494748719 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 60032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 37 69426741290 (C2) HDA temperature 42 63 64424509482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 54 88083542 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.5% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 54.7 Mixed 54.3 42% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.21 47% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 42%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 31GB free Firmware: DEM8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202541600 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2527 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 322201298654 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4978 (B8) Unknown 98 98 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 12885098534 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 48 723976235 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16647 (C2) HDA temperature 43 52 60129542187 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22089016800850 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16707378107 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23755363407 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	37.6% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 67.1 Mixed 61 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.5 184% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866EL Series Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C 1866EL Series 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.3% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10.3 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 38%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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 $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	158x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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