Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 02:09
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 141 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 425 43% 350 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 65.4 61% 72.2 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 73 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 100 558 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 48 (A9) Unknown 100 100 11 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 38 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 206158430242 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4021 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3294 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4384	57.1% Above average	Read 365 Write 333 Mixed 341 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 2.83 71% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 3.24 20% 43.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 78%
Seagate ST32000646NS 2TB 787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: G008 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 168506211 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 285 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17457429 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 622985253 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 593 (C2) HDA temperature 37 55 90194313253 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 6 168506211 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71% Very good	Read 126 Write 121 Mixed 91.6 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.36 109% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 395GB free Firmware: 060E Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 27.4 Write 26.6 Mixed 26.9 20% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1x8GB 1,164 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 9.8 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 32%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
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 $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16