Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 52.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	46.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 20:03
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 57.8 2-Core 86 49% 74.3 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 166 21% 160 Pts	64-Core 170 10% 170 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 848A) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.2% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 11.9 8% 10.6 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 13.2 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.2% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16403551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 85521388801080 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 633 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 33 (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 40 73017065502 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73017065502 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16403551 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16403551 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16403551 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 55834574849 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6261 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5309 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5309 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6221 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3735592	46.1% Average	Read 292 Write 124 Mixed 168 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 12.7 86% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 62.6 DQ Mixed 12.9 19% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77298664 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31892208 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 361 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 59 53 689373225 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4026 (C2) HDA temperature 41 47 68719476777 (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 103160819483562 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22151134913 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41723388770	72.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 119 Mixed 103 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.07 21% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 376GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 456 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1407 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 158899607 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1115 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 15 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 555155488 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 25 456 (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 -102121437391516 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4220512745 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2338086644	71.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 121 Mixed 102 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 88%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 4GB 1,443 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.81% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 5.49 Mixed 4.4 10% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.01 39% 3.26 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.81% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BA160B 2x4GB 1,025 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 48%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16