Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.3% 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	40.4% 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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 15:55
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Memory 79.4 1-Core 51.4 2-Core 89.5 48% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 138 8-Core 200 21% 169 Pts	64-Core 254 16% 254 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2931) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 30.8 21% 28.4 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 31.2 22% 26.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 99298590 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -84756884617637 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 966 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 501 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 35 1013614575639 (C2) HDA temperature 23 35 1013614575639 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 99298590 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 99298590 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 99298590 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5073 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4747 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4747 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2760	40.4% Average	Read 392 Write 74.1 Mixed 154 45% 207 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 11.1 57% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 78.2 DQ Write 71.2 DQ Mixed 23.8 32% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 986GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 159 159 25785008373 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1509 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2298 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 158914445339 (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	91.8% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 144 Mixed 155 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.17 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 108%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 71GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1380 (03) Spinup time 150 147 3475 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5771 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3303 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 774 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 87169 (C2) HDA temperature 121 91 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 98 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 87 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 198 375	28.7% Poor	Read 33.3 Write 66.3 Mixed 46.9 37% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ8GX3M2A186 CMZ8GX3M2A186 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.6% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9.7 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 40%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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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 $300	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