Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	45.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 11:50
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 113 58% 91 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 291 33% 258 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 84D6) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.5% Terrible	Lighting 6.83 Reflection 7.27 Parallax 8.06 6% 7.39 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 7.22 5% 6.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.5% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 120GB 5,956 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 573 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1023 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 155 (F2) Unknown 100 100 146 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	45.5% Average	Read 317 Write 278 Mixed 183 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 2.62 50% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 72.1 DQ Mixed 4.13 16% 32.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 897GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 132 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 145 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13652 (C2) HDA temperature 113 108 30 (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	70.6% Very good	Read 150 Write 96.2 Mixed 87.1 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 87%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 35GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 212 (03) Spinup time 210 187 4466 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2840 (05) Reallocated sector count 195 195 37 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2711 (BE) vendor-specific 62 33 38 (C2) HDA temperature 112 83 38 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6665 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 53 Mixed 42.8 36% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.35 91% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT 1x8GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.6 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 33%

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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 $129Bench 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	158x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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