Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '18 at 14:17
Run Duration	291 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 144 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 439 43% 351 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4% Terrible	Lighting 4.83 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 4.41 4% 4.53 fps	MRender 4.57 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.88 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 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 95 95 8633165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 74363063781493 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 346 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 157 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 46 47247654942 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 47247654942 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8633165 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8633165 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8633165 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 77309411329 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13613 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5702 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5702 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4368 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3735602	50.8% Above average	Read 312 Write 208 Mixed 203 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 12.3 80% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 89.1 DQ Mixed 11.8 22% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 84%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 238GB 1,346 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 26GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 1,016 Write 244 Mixed 390 119% 550 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 28.1 162% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 79.8 90% 153 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 102%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 14GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2GB free Firmware: 1.10 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	105% Outstanding	Read 347 Write 241 Mixed 302 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 67.6 222% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 99.6 90% 138 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
ST1000DM 003-1ER162 1TB 193GB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.1% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 30.9 Mixed 9.12 28% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.19 27% 0.37 MB/s

ADATA USB Flash Drive 16GB 481 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 12GB free, PID dd4a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 104 Write 11.3 Mixed 10.6 34% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.03 86% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 100%

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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%

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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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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