Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31.8% 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	33.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 13:27
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 83.6 1-Core 50.1 2-Core 100 51% 78 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 190 26% 194 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3763) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.8% Below average	Lighting 39.7 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 38.1 32% 36.2 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 38 Splatting 36.2 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 512GB-$189 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7b 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 105 105 11561800 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 134509785785850 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2943 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 403 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 60 55838507048 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11561800 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11561800 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11561800 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22090 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23097 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23097 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12064	33.1% Below average	Read 318 Write 120 Mixed 113 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 8.43 41% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 10.5 11% 17.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 69%
MB2000EBUCF 2TB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 94GB free Firmware: MK7OHPG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 100 91 (03) Spinup time 148 100 38677840362 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1321 (B4) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 56801 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 70 563 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 623247397 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2321 (C2) HDA temperature 162 130 197569544229 (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 200 165 382729	44% Average	Read 74.3 Write 78.7 Mixed 32.1 45% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 82%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 40GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169813048 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4327546199 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2746 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065674 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 254 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55714 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 55834574883 (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 -99334003619232 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27697258151 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27805101206	76.2% Very good	Read 140 Write 126 Mixed 25.4 70% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 96%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 69GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 218 179 2100 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11247 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8458 (BE) vendor-specific 51 35 49 (C2) HDA temperature 98 82 49 (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 200 200 158 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.9% Below average	Read 57.9 Write 59.9 Mixed 35.5 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.46 106% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% null MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.9% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 7.4 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 54%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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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 $38Bench 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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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