Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130123
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '16 at 23:47
Run Duration	346 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (45^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, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 141 60% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 412 42% 337 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.17% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 1.62 1% 1.65 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.87 1% 1.52 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.17% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17906 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 279 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 41 253404119085 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 47400426467 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1503136358 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3200124473	59% Above average	Read 303 Write 323 Mixed 222 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 17.5 82% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 91.4 DQ Mixed 18.8 26% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$100 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 69GB free Firmware: GK8OA70M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 155 (03) Spinup time 109 109 47280554535 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10280 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 66096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12363 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12363 (C2) HDA temperature 120 120 270583857202 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	28.1% Poor	Read 48.1 Write 49.9 Mixed 58.1 39% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 47%
ST500LM0 12 HN-M500MB 500GB 540 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 171GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 66.9 Write 68.7 Mixed 74.8 92% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.34 42% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 5151 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	5.75% Terrible	Read 24.8 Write 5.48 Mixed 8.18 13% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.03 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.003 15% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.75% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10.4 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

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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 $37Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
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