Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	53.1% 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	40.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 20:17
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 76.9 1-Core 52 2-Core 94.8 48% 74.6 Pts	4-Core 131 8-Core 240 22% 185 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.1% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 55.9 Parallax 55.9 55% 59.7 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 46.4 Splatting 64.8 50% 60.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19954418059468 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 978 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1765 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 54 77312950308 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 428 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 235790 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 43 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 235790 (F2) Unknown 100 100 168892 (F9) Unknown 100 100 26956	40.8% Average	Read 287 Write 126 Mixed 155 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 10.9 68% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 54.2 DQ Mixed 9.97 16% 30 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171839504 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 980275 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 548 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 488046621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16938 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 242550 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91469918502026 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1232237850 (F2) Unknown 100 253 774489935	76.6% Very good	Read 125 Write 142 Mixed 150 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV8GX3M1A160 Kingmax FLGF65F-C8MLB Kingmax FLGF65F-C8MLB 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 14.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 10.1 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 41%

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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	939x
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	157x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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