Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.2% 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)
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 08:19
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 66.3 2-Core 131 58% 93.7 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 384 38% 309 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 68 Parallax 62.8 53% 65.1 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 56.3 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 118GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 26 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 33 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 236200079	59.9% Above average	Read 359 Write 299 Mixed 261 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 19.6 84% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 57.5 DQ Mixed 21 23% 38 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5757 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1450 (B1) Unknown 96 96 37 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17544301744
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 595GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105715312 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 455 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6465338 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 442 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 47245361163 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 437846042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13215 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 169 40 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72816875536971 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6413352016 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57996755215	95.3% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 168 Mixed 96.6 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.15 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D18ADS3 Adata DDR3 1866 BLS4G3D18ADS3 Adata DDR3 1866 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 933, 667, 933, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.5% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.2 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 44%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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	157x

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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