Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.17% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 05:09
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 135 60% 97.9 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 443 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.17% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 1.66 1% 1.66 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.87 1% 1.52 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.17% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 776GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161360273 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 16211 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 166596906 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3442 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 81 270587592987 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 622067746 (C2) HDA temperature 34 54 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 16 161360273 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -88171383577589 (F1) Unknown 100 253 196293743 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2943076872	56.7% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 103 Mixed 95.1 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 68%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.8% Below average	Read 95 Write 98.9 Mixed 92.6 124% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.4 64% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 40%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA200 2TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 119 Write 119 Mixed 61 123% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 52%
ST2000DM 001-9YN164 2TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 166 Write 145 Mixed 123 180% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 7.95 4K Mixed 0.4 288% 3.12 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 80%
ST2000DM 001-1ER164 2TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 758GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 150 Write 151 Mixed 112 174% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-052.A 4x8GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 99%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16