Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 63.6%, 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	49.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 22:56
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 133 58% 94.4 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 377 36% 297 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.6% 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 CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 37.1 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 45.5 30% 38.3 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 31.8 Splatting 38.5 28% 33.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 7009447 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 28003186792617 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1936 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 780 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 60133146660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7009447 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7009447 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7009447 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19481 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20047 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20047 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26208	49.9% Average	Read 295 Write 236 Mixed 250 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 10.9 74% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 81.7 DQ Mixed 12.5 22% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 458GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 6085056 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2876 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68655297 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1307 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 82070 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 55834574881 (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 131138236452700 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35852040043 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72035369094	93.6% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 165 Mixed 97.4 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04F1AA2 4GBH1X04F1AA2 Adata DDR3 1866 Adata DDR3 1866 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 45%

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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 $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	158x

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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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