Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.3% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 06:52
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 78.5 2-Core 150 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 465 45% 368 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 138 Parallax 130 91% 127 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 710 Series 100GB 278 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6PB10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29403 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1112 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 532 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 705757220 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 532 (C2) HDA temperature 100 98 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 248486 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 3805049 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 4 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 140176230 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 248486 (F2) Unknown 100 100 237632	43.3% Average	Read 252 Write 168 Mixed 177 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 14.5 61% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 60.8 DQ Mixed 31.4 42% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 49%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 278GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 91 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 94 (03) Spinup time 121 100 25790382393 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8008 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65537 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5860 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 206065 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 48 405602345 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8026 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8026 (C2) HDA temperature 146 117 223339282473 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.7 Mixed 70 67% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.32 71% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 74%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 009f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.75% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 6 Mixed 7.67 13% 13 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.005 28% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.75% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0- EBJ21UE8BDF0- TEAMGROUP-UD3 12GB 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.8% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 12 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.9 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns

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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	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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Total price: $366

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