Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.18% 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	39.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '17 at 00:03
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 140 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 345 35% 283 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5750 12,403 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E138) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	9.18% Terrible	Lighting 12 Reflection 9.58 Parallax 10 10% 10.5 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 8.6 Splatting 11.2 8% 9.53 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.18% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1048584 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 160 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 62 266289741868 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8589934594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 54 (EA) Unknown 100 100 65 (F1) Unknown 253 253 63 (F2) Unknown 253 253 24 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	39.3% Below average	Read 347 Write 184 Mixed 199 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 6.46 46% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 23.1 DQ Mixed 6.96 9% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48026656 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1287 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 197899172 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1262 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 98 14 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 639238182 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74753 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 51539607590 (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 119928371817636 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -72633420425902 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -133696392679946	84.6% Excellent	Read 145 Write 150 Mixed 132 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.14 81% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 114%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 1.5TB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1.5TB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 20.8 Mixed 9.65 23% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.22 24% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4 EWB4GB681CA3- F3-12800CL9-4 EWB4GB681CA3- 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.3% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 14.1 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 46%

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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	855x
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	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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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