Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 61.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55% 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)
Boot Drive	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	31.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 12:19
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 128 58% 92.9 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 287 32% 249 Pts	64-Core 286 18% 286 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 66.2 57% 68.3 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 54.7 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^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 100 100 629 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1245 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 2 (A4) Unknown 100 100 30203 (A5) Unknown 100 100 88 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 14145 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 124012 (F2) Unknown 100 100 221560 (F5) Unknown 100 100 241624	56.3% Above average	Read 362 Write 295 Mixed 239 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 15 72% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 74.3 DQ Mixed 17 22% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 96%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 320GB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 134GB free Firmware: V54OA7EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 115 115 25791037767 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11232 (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 98 98 15153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5047 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11301 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 240518889509 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	32.5% Below average	Read 57.3 Write 55.4 Mixed 29.1 35% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 40%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 66GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99084456 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56036654 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2122 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 60130459662 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 555024416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 85411 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 51539607584 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -37946036055214 (F1) Unknown 100 253 183108629063 (F2) Unknown 100 253 974160298796	70.3% Very good	Read 114 Write 131 Mixed 28.4 66% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.3 95% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-893.A 1x8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 8.4 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

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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	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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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 $179	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