Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '16 at 22:40
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 60.3 2-Core 119 58% 90.2 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 270 31% 241 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3071) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.11.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 74.7 Reflection 55.4 Parallax 97.2 61% 75.8 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 83 59% 70.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Sol id State Disk 120GB 499 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8390621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 52888227289343 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2771 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1536 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8390621 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8390621 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8390621 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7029 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6022 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6022 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7306	49.4% Average	Read 298 Write 108 Mixed 154 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 15.2 88% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 43.9 53% 93.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 72%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 91 (03) Spinup time 135 135 38685639108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 268 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 297 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 197569413157 (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	76.6% Very good	Read 147 Write 120 Mixed 135 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.48 130% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 82%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 276GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163366801 (03) Spinup time 93 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 207396246 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 850 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 5070 (B8) Unknown 91 91 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131342 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1699 (BE) vendor-specific 62 43 77948518438 (C2) HDA temperature 38 57 47244640294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 26 163366801 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 196	54.7% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 91.5 Mixed 85.1 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.33 83% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 66%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 9GB free Firmware: GM4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 86 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 100 139 (03) Spinup time 118 100 25790841162 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65537 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27762 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5638 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6785 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6785 (C2) HDA temperature 187 125 231928889376 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	35% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 59.1 Mixed 60.2 46% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 17.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 50%

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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	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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 $75Bench 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	62x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16