Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.35% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	24.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120709
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '17 at 21:09
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core-$81 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 80.3 1-Core 21.9 2-Core 89.5 42% 63.9 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 193 26% 196 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 365B) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 355.82 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.35% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 4.77 Parallax 3.69 3% 4.17 fps	MRender 5.57 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 3.04 3% 4.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.35% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 60GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6047115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 127079492381905 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1934 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 458 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 76 55839555616 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6047115 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6047115 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6047115 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23309 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20658 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20658 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6555	24.8% Poor	Read 157 Write 49.3 Mixed 66.6 20% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 6.44 50% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 16.7 DQ Write 44.9 DQ Mixed 6.08 12% 22.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 80%
Samsung STORY Station 1TB 625 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 9GB free, PID 5f05 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 28.7 Write 30.1 Mixed 29.5 38% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.33 64% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 16.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 6.7 15% 5.33 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 65%

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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 $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