Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 22:37
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 128 60% 95.5 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 289 33% 256 Pts	64-Core 300 19% 300 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Device(0000 0000) 3GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 73.1 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 60.5 60% 67.7 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 71.6 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7181 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1289 (B1) Unknown 95 95 87 (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 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 143 (F1) Unknown 99 99 70782147806	77.4% Very good	Read 488 Write 379 Mixed 397 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 20.8 105% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 20.5 33% 59.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 507GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211120256 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42758160 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 896 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 605159459 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8697 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 64424509475 (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 -84696755073553 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52610507735 (F2) Unknown 100 253 370161983313	94% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 159 Mixed 121 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.37 161% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 54GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 31 Write 20.9 Mixed 21.9 30% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.21 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.29 67% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A160 CMX8GX3M2A160 CMY16GX3M2A16 CMY16GX3M2A16 24GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.7% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 13.7 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns

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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 $129Bench 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 $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