Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150610
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 01:21
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 55.5 2-Core 101 50% 77.9 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 231 24% 195 Pts	64-Core 253 16% 253 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C3) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Lighting 33.9 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 29.6 28% 31.9 fps	MRender 36.3 Gravity 30.5 Splatting 30.9 26% 32.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS724020ALE640 2TB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: MJ6OA5K0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 85 (03) Spinup time 126 126 38687212012 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3098 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2579 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1266 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3099 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3099 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 184684445734 (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	88.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 154 Mixed 146 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.25 111% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: SM28 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30883480 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1264 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4399495466 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1268 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098388 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 57 655425574 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49036 (C2) HDA temperature 38 43 60129542182 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	49.8% Average	Read 89.8 Write 82.9 Mixed 91.5 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 4.07 4K Mixed 0.1 108% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BD160B 2x4GB 732 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 47%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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