Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 03:24
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 69.9 2-Core 133 58% 94.8 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 324 36% 281 Pts	64-Core 319 20% 319 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% PNY(196E 104C) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1527 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 20.4 Reflection 19.3 Parallax 25.7 17% 21.8 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 24.2 Splatting 23 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 573GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39283454 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 527 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 12977259572 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 79 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 488046619 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 12884901915 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 4 39283454 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 95.2 Mixed 31.2 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.39 94% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 58%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 157 4908 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3860 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51114 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 586 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 367 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 63246 (C2) HDA temperature 123 102 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.8% Below average	Read 72.4 Write 65.9 Mixed 70 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.34 104% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 49%
Samsung HD160JJ/P 160GB-$40 2,028 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: ZM100-34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6080 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3416 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24288 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1352 (BE) vendor-specific 169 70 23 (C2) HDA temperature 169 70 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3476220 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	24.7% Poor	Read 42.7 Write 42.9 Mixed 39.8 31% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.41 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A160 F3-12800CL9-4 OCZ3G10662G F3-12800CL9-4 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 667, 800, 533, 800 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.6% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 13 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 40%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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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 $175Bench 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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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