Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.1% 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	64.7% 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	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 14:30
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 134 61% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 290 32% 253 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E244) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.8 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 22.2 14% 18.9 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 16 Splatting 18.6 13% 15.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 78 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 17 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 59 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 490114520	64.7% Good	Read 360 Write 311 Mixed 271 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 20.7 97% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 64.2 DQ Mixed 21.9 25% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 129%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 140 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3673 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3626 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3613 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 33.3 63% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.37 100% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 69%
SAMSUNG HM500JI 500GB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 145GB free, PID 0571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 29.1 Write 19.6 Mixed 22.9 29% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.36 69% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-532.A 2x4GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 43%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
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	157x

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 $184	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) $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