Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22% 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	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130123
Uptime	29.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 01:21
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 131 61% 97.6 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 420 41% 338 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 3069) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 25 Parallax 31.7 21% 27.4 fps	MRender 34.7 Gravity 30.3 Splatting 26.3 24% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^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 2866 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 511 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 63 (A3) Unknown 100 100 28 (A4) Unknown 100 100 80255 (A5) Unknown 100 100 125 (A6) Unknown 100 100 27 (A7) Unknown 100 100 77 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 131 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 146 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 76105 (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 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 354583 (F2) Unknown 100 100 657220 (F5) Unknown 100 100 642040	79.8% Very good	Read 501 Write 357 Mixed 404 93% 421 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 30.3 103% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 60.6 64% 108 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 103%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 77GB free Firmware: 502A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14122688 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -102804337151861 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 542 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 419 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 64427261986 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14122688 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14122688 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14122688 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10638 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10646 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10646 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11475	46% Average	Read 202 Write 144 Mixed 148 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 12.8 79% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 45.6 59% 107 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 84%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7O 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 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 90 (03) Spinup time 134 134 38683804130 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 224 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 167505166368 (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	48.2% Average	Read 82.3 Write 85.3 Mixed 76.5 61% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.45 118% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62419776 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13846578 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 538378269 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5697 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 85899345949 (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 -111956912502700 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1330125070 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100744497598	97.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 169 Mixed 159 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 114%
Asmt 2135 60GB 31GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.5% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 30.3 Mixed 31.5 24% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.48 4K Write 7.45 4K Mixed 3.46 834% 6.13 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3 2x8GB 422 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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