Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	19.9% 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	48.8% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 10:43
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 90.7 1-Core 57.3 2-Core 102 55% 83.3 Pts	4-Core 123 8-Core 214 20% 169 Pts	64-Core 236 15% 236 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Sapphire(174B E322) 2GB CLim: 1060 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 27.6 19% 26.7 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 20.1 Splatting 31.3 22% 26 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th 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 100 100 285 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (64) Unknown 100 100 608128 (65) Unknown 100 100 92288 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 179 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1348 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 171800068125 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1053 (EA) Unknown 100 100 506 (F1) Unknown 100 100 868 (F2) Unknown 100 100 882 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	48.8% Average	Read 448 Write 244 Mixed 242 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 21.7 4K Mixed 6.38 50% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 57.9 DQ Mixed 14.8 18% 31.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 589GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 57851128 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 856 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 108918810 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 730 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 54 404029464 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 886 (C2) HDA temperature 24 11 47244640280 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 57851128 (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 -84645215466786 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15639172715 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18594083801	98.4% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 163 Mixed 101 110% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.21 56% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Ser 2x4GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 10.7 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 53%

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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	852x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	393x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	278x
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	139x
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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Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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