Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.14% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	22.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '17 at 17:17
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 83.8 1-Core 49.9 2-Core 98 50% 77.2 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 193 26% 193 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 852D) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.14% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.43 fps	MRender 2.71 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.78 1% 1.79 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.14% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 40103599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 -79637283580767 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 82 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 40 50 1013615558696 (C2) HDA temperature 40 50 1013615558696 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 40103599 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 40103599 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 40103599 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18734 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16707 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16707 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20511	22.4% Poor	Read 63.3 Write 138 Mixed 93.2 22% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.47 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 7.5 31% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 18.3 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 7.63 17% 33 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 85%
ST310005 20AS 1TB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 888GB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 38.7 Mixed 10.8 34% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.5 59% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 20%
SAMSUNG HM500JI 500GB 359 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 386GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 37 Mixed 16.3 36% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.38 75% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 20%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 58GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 28.7 Write 9.16 Mixed 9.72 16% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.61 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.73 78% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1x8GB 1,164 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.5% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.27 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 32%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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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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 $178	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