Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120330
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '16 at 18:42
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 66 2-Core 132 57% 93.4 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 384 38% 313 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50% Average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 64 Parallax 77.9 52% 68.5 fps	MRender 62.4 Gravity 57.9 Splatting 52 46% 57.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12586083 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 87591563041788 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1703 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 41 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 42 1005025099805 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 1005025099805 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12586083 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12586083 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12586083 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8381 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7094 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7094 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3310	34.4% Below average	Read 140 Write 79.7 Mixed 93.8 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 12.8 66% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 96.5 DQ Write 92.9 DQ Mixed 28.7 40% 72.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 332GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 188 6375 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5779 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2597 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 129573 (C2) HDA temperature 119 98 28 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.1% Above average	Read 88.1 Write 86.2 Mixed 6.8 43% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.41 103% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 57%
WD WD7500KPVT-65HT5T0 750GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 55GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 66 95379 (03) Spinup time 203 194 2850 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3889 (05) Reallocated sector count 174 174 203 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2841 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 111586 (C2) HDA temperature 120 94 30 (C4) Reallocation count 54 54 146 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 85 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	32.6% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 53.8 Mixed 17.1 32% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.14 53% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 42%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID ab26 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 117 Write 130 Mixed 77.5 137% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 4.39 4K Mixed 0.32 163% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 20GB 10,519 User benchmarks, average bench 39% null MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.6 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.4% 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 $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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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