Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '18 at 21:05
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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)	64.1% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 143 59% 98 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 428 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 3248) 2GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 667 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	7.04% Terrible	Lighting 8.97 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 13.4 7% 10.9 fps	MRender 5.95 Gravity 8.83 Splatting 8.65 6% 7.81 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.04% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23513 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 88 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2694025901	79% Very good	Read 519 Write 451 Mixed 492 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 19.1 97% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 57.4 DQ Mixed 51.7 37% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 183GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1706 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1603 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44% Average	Read 80.2 Write 72.8 Mixed 84.4 60% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.45 126% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 43GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 30.1 Mixed 26.4 37% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.22 65% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 KHX1600C9D3/4 99U5403-046.A 12GB 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.3% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 8.3 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns

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

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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