Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	38.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 03:31
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 132 62% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 380 39% 314 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9533 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3219 (B1) Unknown 87 87 148 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 46 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 26 (EB) Unknown 99 1 147 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28314858424	38.9% Below average	Read 370 Write 98.9 Mixed 110 42% 193 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 8.02 59% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 32.2 DQ Mixed 10.3 13% 22.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 350GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 980 (03) Spinup time 142 138 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6811 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5351 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 677 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6133 (C2) HDA temperature 108 85 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 46 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	61.4% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 109 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.34 92% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 800, 800, 933, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.8% Poor	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.3 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 41%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
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	159x

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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