Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.9% 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	33.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 10:11
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 131 60% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 398 39% 321 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 49.6 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 62.3 40% 48.3 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 48.4 Splatting 40.7 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5302 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1916 (A5) Unknown 100 100 597754 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 152 (AE) Unknown 100 100 140 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 26 236223397914 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 506 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 572 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10517130947 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13194202600	33.8% Below average	Read 338 Write 150 Mixed 78.3 41% 189 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 12.7 4K Mixed 6.95 36% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 16.1 DQ Write 13.5 DQ Mixed 6.35 7% 12 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 103GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2220 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1741 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 45 437387290 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2107 (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	74.8% Very good	Read 142 Write 119 Mixed 112 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.33 106% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 76GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 11369696 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2864 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 12998938476 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2688 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 437321754 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 51539607578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 36 11369696 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 85328115277188 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2024475106 (F2) Unknown 100 253 948035888	44.9% Average	Read 69.6 Write 87.1 Mixed 59.7 54% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.32 68% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 110%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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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Total price: $366

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