Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.1% 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	41.3% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '16 at 16:34
Run Duration	505 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 78.2 1-Core 66.8 2-Core 121 55% 88.7 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 277 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% XFX(1682 3003) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.1% Poor	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 26.5 Parallax 48.1 30% 36.9 fps	MRender 25.2 Gravity 33.7 Splatting 32.3 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6797122 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -38448547228684 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 814 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 109 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 40 51542229023 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 51542229023 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6797122 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6797122 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6797122 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6941 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4615 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4615 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2403	41.3% Average	Read 289 Write 110 Mixed 143 39% 180 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 11.2 71% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 89.3 DQ Mixed 7.16 20% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 394GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2003 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 800 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2003 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2003 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 188979347486 (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	86.6% Excellent	Read 157 Write 145 Mixed 18.3 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.18 100% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 108%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Read 13.6 Write 2.84 Mixed 4.15 7% 6.86 MB/s	4K Read 3.79 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.001 14% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x8GB 637 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.2% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.1 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 53%

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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 $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	158x

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 $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