Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.9% 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	45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '16 at 19:40
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T-$340 12,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 85.1 1-Core 53.5 2-Core 106 52% 81.4 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 240 26% 207 Pts	64-Core 282 17% 282 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1010.1002 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 50.2 33% 39.9 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 36.1 Splatting 36.4 28% 33.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5330523 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -109650515063668 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2428 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 294 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5330523 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5330523 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5330523 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8342 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11182 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11182 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7107	45.9% Average	Read 194 Write 164 Mixed 146 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 10.8 74% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 48.1 65% 119 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 67%
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 81GB free Firmware: 04TH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 2609 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1995 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 255 (B5) Unknown 100 100 515396272244 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 31 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	56.1% Above average	Read 421 Write 252 Mixed 325 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 5.55 61% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 5.91 44% 103 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 69%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$39 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 745GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 21 (03) Spinup time 174 170 6258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1931 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1631 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 53509 (C2) HDA temperature 114 108 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	65.3% Good	Read 110 Write 118 Mixed 118 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.19 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 111GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 7316 (03) Spinup time 135 132 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5177 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3851 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 956 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 95269 (C2) HDA temperature 108 99 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 167 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 162 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 181 7904 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 64	45.7% Average	Read 80.9 Write 78.2 Mixed 86.1 62% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 1,027 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.8% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 8.8 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.8% 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%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	951x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	861x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	399x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	162x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16