Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.2% 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	52.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121023
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 05:04
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 59 2-Core 94.1 51% 78.4 Pts	4-Core 125 8-Core 154 18% 139 Pts	64-Core 141 9% 141 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 365.19 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.2% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 37.5 Parallax 35.3 26% 35.1 fps	MRender 34.6 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 33.4 29% 35.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6322 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1881 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 165 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (B5) Unknown 100 100 15066774768626 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1875 (C2) HDA temperature 71 229 549748539421 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4294967295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	52.2% Above average	Read 286 Write 255 Mixed 247 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 13.7 80% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 56.4 DQ Mixed 16.4 19% 32 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 91%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15852424 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 870174 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 98 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 221 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 85899345945 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 117 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 53270479372384 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1889892250 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6250252699	97.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 173 Mixed 114 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.65 200% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 15.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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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