Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.3% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170713
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 18:16
Run Duration	656 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 73.6 1-Core 62.5 2-Core 116 52% 83.9 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 264 28% 226 Pts	64-Core 313 19% 313 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.3% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 28.2 Parallax 48.6 32% 38.5 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 36.7 Splatting 35.6 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 982GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 147 147 17195270426 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1388 (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 99 99 10951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1371 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1388 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1388 (C2) HDA temperature 125 125 249108889648 (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	63.2% Good	Read 92.1 Write 128 Mixed 143 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.22 97% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202011586 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 570 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 144871534 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 427 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065669 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 50 723583019 (C2) HDA temperature 43 50 34359738411 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 24 202011586 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 43744241923147 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3871772922 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4071200336	72.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 106 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.62 136% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 214GB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202766384 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9947 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15851501 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 989 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1199310363 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 14 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 52 807665712 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35387 (C2) HDA temperature 48 48 64424509488 (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	80.8% Excellent	Read 141 Write 140 Mixed 132 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.24 99% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 112%
General UDisk 134GB 509 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 112GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	2.72% Terrible	Read 13.4 Write 1.56 Mixed 2.79 5% 5.91 MB/s	4K Read 1.56 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 7% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.72% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C Team-Elite-16 HMT351U6CFR8C Team-Elite-16 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.9% Below average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.7 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 93.3 43% 93.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 44%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 16%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	154x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	134x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	76x
Radeon RX 560-BAMDBench 20%, 49,289 samples	29x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	17x
EWB4GB681PAE- 2x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 340 samples	15x
1866 CL10 Ser 2x8GBUnknownBench 46%, 679 samples	13x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $206

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