Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 61.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.4% 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	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 11:48
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (41^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-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 62.1 2-Core 122 56% 89.2 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 287 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.4% Below average	Lighting 42.3 Reflection 46.7 Parallax 50.4 34% 46.4 fps	MRender 44.9 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 34.2 31% 38.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4567948 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -98045513421793 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4125 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 699 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 52 47248048151 (C2) HDA temperature 23 52 47248048151 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4567948 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4567948 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4567948 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 17179869185 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10878 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8570 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8570 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37700	34.2% Below average	Read 153 Write 76.1 Mixed 92.7 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 7.34 70% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 80.9 DQ Write 87.4 DQ Mixed 31.6 38% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 424GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 196610 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 141 141 30093738353 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6315 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6093 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6361 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6361 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 279173398554 (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 1	55.9% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 95.6 Mixed 81 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.44 124% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.9% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 107%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	282x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16