Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.94% 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	69.9% 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 10 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.

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 7
BIOS Date	20140526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '16 at 06:16
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core-$150 8,564 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 82.5 1-Core 62.7 2-Core 103 53% 82.9 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 186 24% 181 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 2270) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	8.94% Terrible	Lighting 9.9 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 10.5 8% 10.6 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 14.4 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.94% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD340 128GB-$88 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10095 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1072 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1441792 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 183 183 1267043074101 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115 (C2) HDA temperature 66 66 146030526498 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 71883062016 (EA) Unknown 100 100 121358410432 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25909699412 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15498541057	69.9% Good	Read 508 Write 159 Mixed 245 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 22 107% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 25.2 61% 128 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 84%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$176 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 366GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 191 189 8747 (03) Spinup time 184 163 5775 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7967 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2444 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 380 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 147 147 160595 (C2) HDA temperature 121 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 11 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 9	42.6% Average	Read 68.6 Write 79.9 Mixed 73.8 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.17 48% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 265GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55007024 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 742428226 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2631 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 120 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 241006084125 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 5307 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10450 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 107893873448232 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47832437898 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74299503054	83.4% Excellent	Read 159 Write 130 Mixed 120 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 5.55 4K Mixed 0.3 173% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A 99U5402-052.A 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.8% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 7.6 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 28%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	954x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	864x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	400x

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	142x
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	150x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	69x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	63x

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