Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.29% 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	29% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121023
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '16 at 22:51
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 82.4 1-Core 62.5 2-Core 121 55% 88.7 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 255 29% 225 Pts	64-Core 259 16% 259 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 858B) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5362 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Lighting 6.57 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 7.5 5% 7 fps	MRender 4.19 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 7.17 5% 6.15 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gloway FER60GS3-S7 60GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: F1BB01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th 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 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 218 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 77 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1420 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1338 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1516 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1373	29% Poor	Read 393 Write 69 Mixed 98.6 40% 187 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 1.59 31% 9.49 MB/s	DQ Read 18.8 DQ Write 14.4 DQ Mixed 3.1 6% 12.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 57%
WD WD3200BEVS-16VAT0 320GB 1,492 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 298GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 189 187 1550 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9177 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7529 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 737 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16476 (C2) HDA temperature 118 96 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	32.3% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 58.5 Mixed 11.6 30% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.31 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 37%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 344GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 71.1 Write 73.4 Mixed 66.4 91% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 41%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 19GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 22.6 Write 22.1 Mixed 22.1 29% 22.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.21 4K Write 3.26 4K Mixed 2.21 209% 3.89 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 44%

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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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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