Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.3% 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	46.3% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 00:21
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 143 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 404 41% 330 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3037) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1060 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 44.5 30% 38.2 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 31.2 Splatting 39 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0730A 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 100 100 313 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 842 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 191 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (94) Unknown 100 100 143896 (95) Unknown 100 100 1428 (96) Unknown 100 100 1230 (97) Unknown 100 100 1397 (A4) Unknown 100 100 45944 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 0 0 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 26 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (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 20	46.3% Average	Read 359 Write 206 Mixed 208 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 8.91 61% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 47.1 DQ Mixed 8.85 15% 28.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 799GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 89 3065 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2098 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1312 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 16 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1363 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 53 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 201864380443 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 961 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 78 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 16 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 31263	56.2% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 100 Mixed 39.7 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.25 87% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 59%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 327GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5200 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 9794 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7432 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 375 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 437911578 (C2) HDA temperature 74 57 454688794 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 76618 (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 55 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.7% Average	Read 82.4 Write 86.8 Mixed 74.2 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.47 124% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GY1866D364L9A 2x4GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 54%

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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	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	853x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	394x

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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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