Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	57.6% 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	25.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (64%). 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	5.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '17 at 11:13
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	64%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Memory 80 1-Core 49.8 2-Core 85.2 48% 71.7 Pts	4-Core 145 8-Core 189 21% 167 Pts	64-Core 248 15% 248 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 65%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (84^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (70 fps cap detected)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 71.5 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 69.2 58% 70.3 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 68.4 56% 68.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11275 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2576 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 271 (AE) Unknown 100 100 674 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 903 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1169 (F1) Unknown 100 100 29253066907 (F2) Unknown 100 100 35380404405	25.1% Poor	Read 342 Write 30.3 Mixed 96.1 33% 156 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 4.28 32% 9.17 MB/s	DQ Read 13.8 DQ Write 10.1 DQ Mixed 5.11 6% 9.68 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 830GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 91 160383817 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 455570292 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4271 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1308 (BC) Unknown 100 1 146031181823 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 393 (BE) vendor-specific 55 47 774701101 (C2) HDA temperature 45 53 30064771117 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 32 160383817 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 68894 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -110234630599403 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1399963783 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1051382898	47.5% Average	Read 77.3 Write 88.2 Mixed 76.1 60% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 70%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 184 184 21497708817 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 359 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 361 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 361 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 197569609769 (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 200 200 0	74.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 135 Mixed 131 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV4GX3M1A133 Kingston KHX2400C11D3/ 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 667, 800 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 7.03 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 5.4 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 27%

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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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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