Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '16 at 23:03
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 68.9 2-Core 127 61% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 323 35% 279 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3071) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.11.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 60.7 Parallax 96.2 63% 78 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 83.1 59% 70.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Sol id State Disk 120GB 499 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8188661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -70300024694529 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2785 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1548 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8188661 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8188661 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8188661 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7032 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6024 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6024 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7310	49.1% Average	Read 312 Write 86.4 Mixed 130 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 12 89% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 42.9 56% 102 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 72%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 91 (03) Spinup time 137 137 30094393802 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 273 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 302 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 197569413158 (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 200 200 0	76.3% Very good	Read 146 Write 120 Mixed 144 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.45 122% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 82%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 276GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165570533 (03) Spinup time 93 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 207399089 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 850 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 5075 (B8) Unknown 91 91 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131342 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1699 (BE) vendor-specific 62 43 77949435942 (C2) HDA temperature 38 57 47244640294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 26 165570533 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 196	55.4% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 94.7 Mixed 88.1 70% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.32 81% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 66%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 9GB free Firmware: GM4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 86 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 100 139 (03) Spinup time 119 100 25791430971 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6725 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65537 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27762 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5640 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6787 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6787 (C2) HDA temperature 187 125 231928889376 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	35.1% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 58.4 Mixed 65.3 47% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.39 83% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 18 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 13.1 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 50%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	949x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	860x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	398x

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	160x

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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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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