Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.1% 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	70.3% 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit색
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '16 at 18:14
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$90 261,607 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)	63.9% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 133 61% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 282 32% 249 Pts	64-Core 286 18% 286 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 30.1 21% 28.2 fps	MRender 22.7 Gravity 22.5 Splatting 31.3 22% 25.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3669 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1674 (B1) Unknown 100 100 227006 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 25584 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 377429 (F2) Unknown 100 100 285261	70.3% Very good	Read 467 Write 309 Mixed 377 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 25 90% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 90.5 DQ Mixed 51.7 54% 90.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 330GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 169 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 165 (C2) HDA temperature 107 104 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	78.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 144 Mixed 127 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.26 125% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 50GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 143 5075 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5798 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5406 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5791 (C2) HDA temperature 106 87 41 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35% Below average	Read 63.1 Write 58.8 Mixed 59 45% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 62%
OTi2168 Flash Disk 0GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 2168 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	4.87% Terrible	Read 10.4 Write 7.64 Mixed 8.78 11% 8.93 MB/s	4K Read 4.66 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 31% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.87% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173CB0- 2x4GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 45%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	47x
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 $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16