Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.1% 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	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '17 at 03:18
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 133 61% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 442 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.1% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 23.4 20% 25.8 fps	MRender 35.7 Gravity 25 Splatting 32.6 26% 31.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 240GB 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0422C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^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 100 100 116 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 209 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5882 (A5) Unknown 100 100 18 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21504 (F2) Unknown 100 100 29111 (F5) Unknown 100 100 23528	59.2% Above average	Read 465 Write 238 Mixed 258 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 18.5 69% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 38.8 48% 86.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46727784 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1356 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 150219926 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1369 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 52 706543655 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2527 (C2) HDA temperature 39 48 85899345959 (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 21887153343623 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26306663304 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38953321442	98.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 174 Mixed 150 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.34 116% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 32GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 113 Write 12.1 Mixed 21 42% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.05 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.03 17% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-052.A 2x8GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 47%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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