Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	13.4% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '17 at 18:08
Run Duration	363 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 141 61% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 440 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PwrHis(1787 2319) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 16.4 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 22 13% 18.3 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 18.7 13% 15.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 89GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (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 5345 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4461 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 47 (AE) Unknown 100 100 155 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 51 210453397538 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4898014330 (F7) Unknown 100 100 154961629 (F8) Unknown 100 100 195958538	64.2% Good	Read 463 Write 133 Mixed 212 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 25.3 102% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 14.1 46% 99.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 77%
Kingspec KSD-SA25.7-032MJ 32GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.092.42 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2264 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 131073 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 186 186 360790753415 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 69 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 75 75 257700003865 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2848541190 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9313390069	13.4% Very poor	Read 173 Write 11.6 Mixed 9.52 14% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 9.51 4K Mixed 0.57 20% 6.46 MB/s	DQ Read 12 DQ Write 5.8 DQ Mixed 0.22 2% 6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 29%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 169GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 190 188 1500 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8723 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6893 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7913 (BB) vendor-specific 100 98 4 (BC) Unknown 100 69 4295163952 (BE) vendor-specific 71 46 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 922 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 42874 (C2) HDA temperature 118 93 29 (C4) Reallocation count 195 195 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 25 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	26.3% Poor	Read 45.2 Write 46 Mixed 45.8 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.26 70% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 32%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 72GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6768045 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17468 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30699548 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 37 8458 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 16 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 538837024 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 13 6768045 (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 83202106494252 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3424589104 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1102405146	37.1% Below average	Read 72.7 Write 56.5 Mixed 61.2 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.28 64% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	31.1% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 67%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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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Total price: $366

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