Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	30.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20140909
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 17:43
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 69.2 2-Core 140 60% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 378 37% 304 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 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 0 100 62 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (A5) Unknown 100 100 124561588316 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 46 231928234022 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 128850722846 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 442 (EA) Unknown 100 100 869 (F1) Unknown 253 253 688 (F2) Unknown 253 253 520 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	30.2% Below average	Read 297 Write 149 Mixed 114 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 8.45 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 2.15 28% 11.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 44.7 DQ Mixed 3.26 11% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 89370905 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 263 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21378784 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (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 73 54 488243227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 426 (C2) HDA temperature 27 15 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 89370905 (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 -122814589827836 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5974038500 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5785920605	96.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 169 Mixed 97.1 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	44.5% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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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 $37Bench 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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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 $15	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