Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 61.6%, 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	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 14:54
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 67.3 2-Core 114 58% 90.2 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 258 28% 222 Pts	64-Core 264 16% 264 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.4% Below average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 40.8 Parallax 36.5 36% 40.3 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 37.6 Splatting 33.1 29% 36 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4364 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1862 (B1) Unknown 94 94 110 (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 64 60 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20330797008	76.4% Very good	Read 503 Write 387 Mixed 411 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 19.3 104% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 36 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 19.4 23% 38.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 115%
G-drive USB 4TB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3TB free Firmware: 2602 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 33.6 Write 31.4 Mixed 32.5 24% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.25 110% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 132%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 10.9 Mixed 28.1 18% 24 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.23 4K Mixed 0.63 220% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 66%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 653GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 120 120 12897419454 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1854 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1855 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1855 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 163209871390 (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	90.3% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 169 Mixed 155 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.18 86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 107%
WD Elements 25A1 3TB 4,338 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 50.6 Write 46.6 Mixed 51.2 64% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.27 37% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 62%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 719GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 29.8 Write 29.9 Mixed 27.2 37% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.26 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	46.8% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 17.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 51%

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

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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	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	853x
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	157x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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