Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.7% 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	57.1% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 08:55
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 125 61% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 363 35% 290 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 43 Reflection 50.5 Parallax 53.6 35% 49 fps	MRender 49.8 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 37.8 34% 42.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900106 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7679 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 95 95 167 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2556036 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5832	57.1% Above average	Read 229 Write 318 Mixed 318 65% 288 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 9.37 78% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 13.8 46% 102 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUA722010ALA330 1TB 4,323 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 225GB free Firmware: JP4ONA01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790447931 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5878 (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 94 94 44965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 751 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6149 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 300648497188 (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	56.3% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 100 Mixed 96.3 74% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.35 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 3,795 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 10.6 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 32%

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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	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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

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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 $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