Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.9% 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	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 16:07
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (48^th 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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 68.4 2-Core 132 58% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 383 38% 313 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 43 Parallax 38.5 37% 42.4 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 34.5 30% 37.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th 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 2815 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (64) Unknown 100 100 6950912 (65) Unknown 100 100 1567072 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 2049 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1374 (B7) Unknown 92 92 36 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 188979544097 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 92 92 8 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12692 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9003 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10436 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12466 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	49.4% Average	Read 447 Write 232 Mixed 252 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 9.01 49% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 69.2 DQ Write 73.2 DQ Mixed 7.52 23% 50 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 88%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 775GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 135 10058 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3642 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 911 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 477268 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.8% Average	Read 83.5 Write 72.9 Mixed 75.4 58% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.16 42% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 745 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.3% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.27 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 8.4 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 54%

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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	854x
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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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