Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	25.5% 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	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 14:30
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 84.2 1-Core 42 2-Core 110 50% 78.9 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 281 28% 227 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Gigabyte(1458 226C) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 39.6 26% 33.8 fps	MRender 26.9 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 35.1 26% 30.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Flare 128GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM00.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 85 85 122 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65538 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 85	56.9% Above average	Read 309 Write 332 Mixed 239 66% 293 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 10.1 77% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 72.6 DQ Mixed 11.9 21% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 710GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2436 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2355 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2366 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	89.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 162 Mixed 108 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.35 135% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 109%
StoreJet Transcend 320GB 727 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 259GB free, PID 2329 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 26.9 Write 24.7 Mixed 14.2 27% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.35 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1600C9D3/4 12GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 933, 800 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 16 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.9 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 44%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	943x
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	280x
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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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