Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.6% 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	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 11:05
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 94 1-Core 70 2-Core 137 63% 100 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 388 37% 307 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 23.20.15017.3010 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 32.8 22% 29.9 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 34.6 23% 27.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4807 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 442 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 46 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16050077395	66.5% Good	Read 370 Write 311 Mixed 324 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 19.6 104% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 57 DQ Mixed 19.3 22% 36.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 88GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139263496 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4609514019 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2554 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 60 387317783 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 76169 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 47244640279 (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 -11587821752495 (F1) Unknown 100 253 58676823340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 221288654178	76.3% Very good	Read 147 Write 119 Mixed 130 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 112%
Asmt 2235 1TB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 85GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 32.2 Mixed 32.3 25% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 51%

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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	855x
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	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 $300	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 $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