Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.9% 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	48.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 12:59
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 81.6 1-Core 28.6 2-Core 75.6 42% 61.9 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 292 30% 243 Pts	64-Core 286 18% 286 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% MSI(1462 277C) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.9% Poor	Lighting 28.6 Reflection 26.3 Parallax 48.1 23% 34.3 fps	MRender 24.9 Gravity 33.8 Splatting 32.6 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9042 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2134 (B1) Unknown 94 94 69 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 126 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24120799673	48.1% Average	Read 342 Write 249 Mixed 248 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 10.9 62% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 26.9 DQ Mixed 10.7 12% 21.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 362GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108344784 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 83579361 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2137 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 54 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 80 67 353501204 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 111936 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 47244640276 (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 56160992368636 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45110800061 (F2) Unknown 100 253 177707907588	84.2% Excellent	Read 145 Write 149 Mixed 142 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 112%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 22GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 59.1 Write 63.6 Mixed 52.6 75% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.31 62% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160 1x8GB 1,194 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.5 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 8.8 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 32%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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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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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 $15	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