Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 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 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35.8% 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	35.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

CPU throttled at 78% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 11:31
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	78%

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 Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 89.9 1-Core 35.6 2-Core 71.3 46% 65.6 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 210 22% 176 Pts	64-Core 213 13% 213 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2827) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 42.3 Reflection 39.9 Parallax 54.3 34% 45.5 fps	MRender 55.5 Gravity 51.4 Splatting 38 38% 48.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Spark 128GB 1,967 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (9^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 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 451 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 90 90 88 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720927 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1114	35.3% Below average	Read 167 Write 120 Mixed 159 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 5.72 68% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 7.74 19% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 81%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 110GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 93 59025589 (03) Spinup time 94 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3928 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 306386031 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6463 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 35 690552873 (C2) HDA temperature 41 65 42949673001 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 90 59 156797427 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.8% Average	Read 73.1 Write 72.3 Mixed 67.7 53% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 43%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 20GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 134 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3749 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9511 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3226 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 439 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3309 (C2) HDA temperature 104 81 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.4% Good	Read 95.3 Write 115 Mixed 82.4 73% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.32 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.9% Below average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 14 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 10 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 100%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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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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 $178	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