Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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	33.8% 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	54.7% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 08:53
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 58.2 2-Core 124 56% 89.8 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 284 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 22BB) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.8% Below average	Lighting 41.7 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 50.3 34% 47.6 fps	MRender 50.2 Gravity 37.5 Splatting 36.8 33% 41.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 120GB 4,012 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF036C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 42 43 137441771562 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4775 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4775 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2877 (F9) Unknown 100 100 121 (FC) Unknown 100 100 1	54.7% Above average	Read 368 Write 211 Mixed 232 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 15.9 83% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 80.4 DQ Mixed 20.5 26% 43.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 503GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1517 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1447 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1479 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 32 (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	82.7% Excellent	Read 143 Write 145 Mixed 102 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.24 101% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax FLGG45F-D8KQB 1x8GB 199 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 9.7 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 34%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
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 $76Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16