Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% 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 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.4% 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	46.5% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 14:21
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 58 2-Core 122 55% 88.4 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 276 31% 242 Pts	64-Core 265 16% 265 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 40.1 Parallax 53 36% 45.7 fps	MRender 54.4 Gravity 49.1 Splatting 36.9 37% 46.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 7599 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4006 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 228 (AE) Unknown 100 100 358 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 45 236223201309 (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 100 100 717 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 34848731159 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1093601974 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2460998066	46.5% Average	Read 238 Write 257 Mixed 192 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 12.4 65% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 75.4 DQ Mixed 11.1 19% 35.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 118GB free Firmware: KC65 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 2720 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 9094940589 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15387 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (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 67 49 705232929 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 30064771105 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 27 2720 (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 -70046621615057 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2547062530 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1923511641	57.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 32 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C 2x4GB 251 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.1 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 54%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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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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