Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '17 at 08:46
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 134 62% 98.9 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 224 30% 225 Pts	64-Core 222 14% 222 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 36.4 25% 33.4 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 24.8 Splatting 39 26% 30.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1484 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 352 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 71 63 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1718339370	88.8% Excellent	Read 512 Write 392 Mixed 410 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 27.7 124% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 46.5 66% 122 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 808GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35207584 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1974179 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 66 437190682 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5511 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 55834574874 (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 4909147620317 (F1) Unknown 100 253 499700449 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1039627006	104% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 173 Mixed 181 137% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 56GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 130 Write 41.2 Mixed 36.9 70% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.94 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.92 99% 3.62 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-16 2x8GB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 13.4 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 49%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	852x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	393x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	278x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	157x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	139x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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