Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.2% 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	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 23:57
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 136 60% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 356 35% 284 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 36.4 25% 33.1 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 24.6 Splatting 38.2 26% 30.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^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 1550 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1309 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 20 (A3) Unknown 100 100 271 (94) Unknown 100 100 302221 (95) Unknown 100 100 3852 (96) Unknown 100 100 3705 (97) Unknown 100 100 3826 (A4) Unknown 100 100 84738 (A5) Unknown 100 100 121 (A6) Unknown 100 100 23 (A7) Unknown 100 100 66 (A9) Unknown 100 100 94 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41945257017373 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 423067 (F2) Unknown 100 100 762650 (F5) Unknown 100 100 500483 (F6) Unknown 100 100 604442 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	59.8% Above average	Read 479 Write 242 Mixed 266 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 18.9 68% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 76.6 DQ Mixed 40.9 49% 88.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 458GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 52355094 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5931 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11953478 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1302 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 605683744 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6080 (C2) HDA temperature 32 13 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 52355094 (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 67602785243173 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3324732854 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6813979722	89.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 151 Mixed 135 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A160 CMX8GX3M2A160 CMX4GX3M2A160 CMX8GX3M2A160 12GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	45.6% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 49%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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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 $182	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) $30	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