Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.7% 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	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 19:31
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 136 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 312 35% 276 Pts	64-Core 308 19% 308 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 37.8 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 45 31% 38.8 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 38 28% 32.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso 128GB 128GB 1,805 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0213E 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 1497 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1266 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 260 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 52 (A4) Unknown 100 100 717905 (A5) Unknown 100 100 198 (A6) Unknown 100 100 146 (A7) Unknown 100 100 177 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 24 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 375100 (F2) Unknown 100 100 198500	45.2% Average	Read 397 Write 152 Mixed 138 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 2.09 64% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 93.4 DQ Mixed 3.64 19% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 666GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163529192 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1983 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 217997284 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11394 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1929 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 504758302 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61645 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 40252433507193 (F1) Unknown 100 253 49311312337 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50928432485	99.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 175 Mixed 103 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.31 91% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 51%

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

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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	854x
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	158x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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