Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	49.9% 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)
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	16.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 20:30
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing below expectations (31^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 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 80.5 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 90.5 48% 72.8 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 250 26% 208 Pts	64-Core 256 16% 256 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 61.9 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 58.5 50% 62.2 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 60 Splatting 53.4 49% 60.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 74GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 149 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 17 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 63 49 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2055431109	78.8% Very good	Read 486 Write 377 Mixed 403 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 30.6 109% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 39.8 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 39.5 36% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 134%
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.09 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (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 2410 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1023 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 662 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 678176 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 624 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 36 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 33828 (F1) Unknown 100 100 541249 (F2) Unknown 100 100 544107
Poor: 65% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 308GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1079 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1023 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1032 (C2) HDA temperature 105 84 38 (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	86.3% Excellent	Read 174 Write 127 Mixed 119 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.33 108% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ 24GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 933, 933, 933, 933 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 12.7 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.7 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 56%

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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	946x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	856x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	281x
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 $79Bench 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	62x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16