Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.4% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 14:44
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 70 2-Core 133 62% 99 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 386 37% 307 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 79.8 53% 70.7 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 54.8 49% 60.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A 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 100 100 471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1089 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 116 (A3) Unknown 100 100 46 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13895 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 28 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (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 7 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 180291 (F2) Unknown 100 100 294173 (F5) Unknown 100 100 111160	50.4% Above average	Read 369 Write 197 Mixed 197 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 11.6 77% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 35.6 DQ Mixed 11.5 15% 25.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 265GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 89 98812655 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5172 (05) Reallocated sector count 2 2 4015 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 194316825 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2099 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 451 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30065229838 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 622854177 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 30064771105 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 19 98812655 (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 -40746354714010 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3085166659 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2761824675	62.5% Good	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 91.8 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G3D1869DE 2x4GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 14.7 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 55%

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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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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