Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.4% 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	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '16 at 01:40
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 134 62% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 352 35% 285 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PowerColor(148C 2336) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 46.2 30% 38.9 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 31.9 Splatting 40.1 29% 34.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4841 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (A5) Unknown 100 100 154649428360 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 48 206159872033 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1468895592790 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 568 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1981 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1478 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1484 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	56.9% Above average	Read 375 Write 284 Mixed 256 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 9.85 68% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 9.19 34% 75.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 93%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 155GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 576 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 531 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 640 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 640 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 180390068255 (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	68.9% Good	Read 115 Write 125 Mixed 123 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.16 84% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 1x8GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 11.1 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

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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	852x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	393x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	278x
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	139x
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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Total price: $366

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Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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