Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.8% 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	41.3% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 08:31
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 92 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 133 62% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 292 33% 259 Pts	64-Core 291 18% 291 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Lighting 28.5 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 35.5 23% 31.8 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 37.1 25% 29.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 79GB free Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 48 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BE) vendor-specific 38 42 90197065766 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 19128 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19128 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18019 (F9) Unknown 100 100 597 (FC) Unknown 100 100 3	61.9% Good	Read 362 Write 317 Mixed 313 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 15.7 87% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 86.1 DQ Mixed 20.1 26% 45.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 90%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM05.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (20^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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11381 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1411 (AA) Unknown 100 100 83 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 63898687 (AE) Unknown 100 100 83 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 67 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8944 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8866	41.3% Average	Read 181 Write 197 Mixed 152 40% 177 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 9.27 68% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 10.4 20% 38.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 518GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17117632 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 100777052 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1904 (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 77 60 420610071 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 112824 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 30064771095 (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 -25486335927000 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27563403536 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34995931516	99.8% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 172 Mixed 137 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GB 2,652 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 13.9 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 55%

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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	854x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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