Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.3% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 11:52
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 125 59% 93.7 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 275 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 66.6 62% 73.5 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 70.4 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 240GB 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0422C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 1036 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 197 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 26382 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 13 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 133938 (F2) Unknown 100 100 288090 (F5) Unknown 100 100 105528	45.3% Average	Read 356 Write 200 Mixed 202 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 27.6 4K Mixed 8.53 60% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 47.3 DQ Mixed 10.2 15% 27.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 556GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 81 424 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3135 (05) Reallocated sector count 71 71 19376 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 17437469808 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 45876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2505 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 58 58 42 (BC) Unknown 100 90 21475166354 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 177 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 622264357 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 945 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3416 (C2) HDA temperature 37 55 17179869221 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 6 424 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 97 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 97 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 18749 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 20044612409719 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3921834087 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1300433132	70.4% Very good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 76.4 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.51 108% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 435GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 65 202194280 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3643021 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 638976038 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 38 20 85899345958 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 202194280 (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 -137159780597109 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3130932483 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1309942121	78.6% Very good	Read 153 Write 121 Mixed 27.8 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 3,295 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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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 $274	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 $184	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