Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '16 at 20:50
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 61.9 2-Core 124 57% 90.7 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 380 38% 307 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 136 Parallax 123 79% 119 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 936 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 835 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 244 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5665846846	77.9% Very good	Read 491 Write 389 Mixed 403 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 19.5 102% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 58.8 DQ Mixed 18.6 35% 71.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 807GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140665944 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4430204556 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1828 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 55 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9846 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 60129542175 (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 78026670868849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56984187592 (F2) Unknown 100 253 63126728930	110% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 196 Mixed 187 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.34 106% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 30GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35479592 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 97 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2950176 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 66 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 77309411359 (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 -113954072297350 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4615377617 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25155613832	81.5% Excellent	Read 130 Write 153 Mixed 131 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.43 171% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0- CT51264BA160B M378B5173QH0- CT51264BA160B 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.7% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 14.5 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 48%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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