Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 03:56
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

Watch Gameplay: 1060-6GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 69.2 2-Core 130 59% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 301 34% 265 Pts	64-Core 301 19% 301 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.2% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 59.1 55% 64.8 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 64.9 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8644324375 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 25658134633783 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1888 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1283 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 39 59 85903212583 (C2) HDA temperature 39 59 85903212583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 110 110 8644324375 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 110 110 8644324375 (CC) Soft ECC correction 110 110 8644324375 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 30064771073 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15665 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12580 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12580 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12608 (F4) Unknown 96 96 8323199	58.6% Above average	Read 500 Write 142 Mixed 224 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 15 90% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 30.6 39% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 927GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 121 121 38685573593 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2246 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1558 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2281 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2281 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 279174381604 (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	60.2% Good	Read 109 Write 101 Mixed 80.3 72% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.37 113% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 63%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 814GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 38684852684 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1446 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3537 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3537 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 266289479725 (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	57.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.2 Mixed 63.2 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.42 115% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 63%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 488GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3055 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9020 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1026 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3055 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3055 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 266288758823 (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	87.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 159 Mixed 151 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1 Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1 16GB 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.8% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 12 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-970A-DS3P Builds (Compare 3,176 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 80% - Very good

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 $184	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