Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 08:19
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 72 2-Core 143 61% 99.8 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 405 42% 339 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 174 Parallax 182 103% 161 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 163 Splatting 115 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1050 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 980 (AA) Unknown 96 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 26 100 42952032282 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 254609 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 40 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 96 100 0 (E9) Unknown 91 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 254609 (F2) Unknown 100 100 174333 (F9) Unknown 100 100 47334	68.1% Good	Read 500 Write 238 Mixed 293 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 19.5 90% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 49.7 65% 116 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 536GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464877 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1136 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 977 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1136 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 171799281693 (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	76.5% Very good	Read 139 Write 128 Mixed 147 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.19 90% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 251GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 29.1 Mixed 28.9 38% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.25 38% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMY16GX3M2A24 CMY16GX3M2B21 CMY16GX3M2A24 CMY16GX3M2B21 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.5% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 109%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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