Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.3% 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	53.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 15:44
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 147 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 288 33% 256 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 37 Reflection 34.4 Parallax 45.5 30% 39 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 31.5 Splatting 39.3 28% 33.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 2297 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (B1) Unknown 100 100 419987 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 342906 (F2) Unknown 100 100 621535	53.5% Above average	Read 311 Write 272 Mixed 232 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 15.8 75% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 66.2 DQ Mixed 15.8 21% 36.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 90GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 128 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2007 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 262147831 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2082 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 548 (BC) Unknown 100 95 885 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 605552668 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 17179869212 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 25 128 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -140307991607965 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2672522222 (F2) Unknown 100 253 499017308	60.9% Good	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 16.1 55% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.38 80% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 88%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 176GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 53.7 Write 53.9 Mixed 30 57% 45.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.18 21% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL51264BA160A 2x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 58%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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	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	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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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 $179	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