Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	25% 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	55.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120330
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 14:58
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Memory 77.9 1-Core 49.5 2-Core 86.8 47% 71.4 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 126 16% 124 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2957) CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 22.5 27% 28.7 fps	MRender 19.1 Gravity 28.6 Splatting 29.6 22% 25.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB-$180 2,804 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 455GB free Firmware: SAFM001B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 549 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 71 71 124555624477 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 52 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 49 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14272	39.1% Below average	Read 201 Write 319 Mixed 194 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 4.54 34% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 54.2 DQ Mixed 10.1 16% 29 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 108%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 100 100 862 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1949 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 48698 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 32 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 97 (A3) Unknown 100 100 32 (A4) Unknown 100 100 67940 (A5) Unknown 100 100 112 (A6) Unknown 100 100 11 (A7) Unknown 100 100 67 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 78 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9490 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11473	55.1% Above average	Read 365 Write 288 Mixed 329 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 13.6 71% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 59.4 DQ Mixed 14.2 19% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 243GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 174 168 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3574 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2924 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3517 (C2) HDA temperature 122 100 25 (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	57.5% Above average	Read 116 Write 84.5 Mixed 24.4 54% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.31 86% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 13.7 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9.8 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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