Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 04:21
Run Duration	93 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 66.9 1-Core 63.5 2-Core 124 51% 85 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 292 32% 256 Pts	64-Core 291 18% 291 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: V54O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 81 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 106 100 21497774431 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3514 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 786663 (07) Seek error rate 100 97 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2883 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3912 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3912 (C2) HDA temperature 171 105 244813725731 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	22.7% Poor	Read 30.6 Write 48.3 Mixed 53.4 34% 44.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.24 60% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Ser 2x8GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	28.7% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 56%

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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%

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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	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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