Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.7% 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	56.8% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 17:29
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 59.2 2-Core 114 55% 86.1 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 327 33% 269 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 0486) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.7% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 40.2 Parallax 43.3 33% 41.4 fps	MRender 41.1 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 33.1 29% 35.8 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18101493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -94145683125387 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 882 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 458 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 43 68722294818 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 68722294818 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18101493 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18101493 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18101493 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7671 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6772 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6772 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7850 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3866650	56.8% Above average	Read 513 Write 221 Mixed 264 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 10.3 67% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 26.3 34% 57.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 157GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 79 1728 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2950 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 8704585685 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3864 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1420 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1518 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 4934729764 (C2) HDA temperature 36 51 -140737488355292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 28 1728 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 77635828846912 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2095529084 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3466623489	56.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 94.4 Mixed 101 75% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.62 100% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 15.1 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.3 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 50%

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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 $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