Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.1% 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	65.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 03:15
Run Duration	343 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 68.7 2-Core 131 60% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 289 33% 256 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2958) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Lighting 41.1 Reflection 36.4 Parallax 33.1 34% 36.9 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 35.4 Splatting 35.5 29% 36 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1840 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1571 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 29541 (A5) Unknown 100 100 86 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 93505 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 200711 (F2) Unknown 100 100 323403 (F5) Unknown 100 100 472656	65.5% Good	Read 394 Write 343 Mixed 301 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 17 88% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 90.4 DQ Mixed 19.1 26% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 108%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 1TB 1,238 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 125GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 29.4 Mixed 17.5 33% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.41 55% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 20%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 009f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	6.22% Terrible	Read 25 Write 4.32 Mixed 4.27 10% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.98 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 26% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.22% Great: 7%

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 below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.3% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.5 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	853x
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