Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.6% 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	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 15:11
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 68.4 2-Core 135 59% 96 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 368 36% 298 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 52 34% 41.5 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 37.9 29% 35.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1805 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1226 (B1) Unknown 98 98 66 (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 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6419232117	61.3% Good	Read 499 Write 324 Mixed 365 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 11.1 66% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 10.9 19% 36.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 183GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 89 69622599 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4437 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 378225875 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3812 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538837024 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 54 38114699 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 218 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.3% Average	Read 70.7 Write 69.6 Mixed 65 52% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.37 87% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A160 Kingston 9905403-153.A Kingston 9905403-153.A 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.9% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 47%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	946x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	856x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	281x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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 $79Bench 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	62x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16