Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.2% 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	52.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120709
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 21:32
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 79.2 1-Core 57.1 2-Core 106 51% 80.8 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 308 31% 252 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.2% Below average	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 135 Parallax 148 3% 95.5 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 148 Splatting 109 100% 124 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (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 8062 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 815 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 130 (AE) Unknown 100 100 216 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2601 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 219044446244 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 27261660443 (F7) Unknown 100 100 852213923 (F8) Unknown 100 100 426676185	52.6% Above average	Read 285 Write 302 Mixed 264 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 12.6 70% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 69.6 DQ Mixed 12.4 20% 36.2 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 327GB free Firmware: MS2OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 111 111 17193369806 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2156 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2121 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2206 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 188979478560 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71% Very good	Read 122 Write 125 Mixed 24.8 66% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.14 57% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 99%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 84.2 Write 89.5 Mixed 66 102% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.24 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 8.8 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 115%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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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 $178	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