Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.4% 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	62.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '16 at 19:44
Run Duration	665 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 137 59% 97 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 420 42% 339 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8521) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.4% Below average	Lighting 43.1 Reflection 42.1 Parallax 37.6 35% 40.9 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 37.7 Splatting 34.3 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: X312 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3190 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 283 (A5) Unknown 100 100 743095272321 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 37 158915035165 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4514049426459 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1579 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4656 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3642 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2602 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.8% Good	Read 455 Write 236 Mixed 179 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 15.9 79% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 44.5 62% 116 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 93%
Maxtor 6 L200S0 204GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 89GB free Firmware: BACE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 186 183 25374 (04) Start/Stop count 249 249 8443 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 5 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 245 0 (08) Seek timer performance 251 216 44123 (09) Power-on hours count 115 115 62956 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 251 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 245 245 3238 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 253 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 251 8616 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 198 1 592 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 251 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 153 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	25.6% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 48.5 Mixed 40.7 32% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 4.51 4K Mixed 0.36 139% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 30%
Maxtor S TM3320613AS 320GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 68GB free Firmware: MX15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229880154 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8089 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 13663509822 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1879 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4295033235 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1055 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 420741145 (C2) HDA temperature 25 46 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 26 229880154 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.9% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 98.1 Mixed 89.5 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.46 102% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 64%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 48GB free Firmware: GM3O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25791103302 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3980 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 49649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1876 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5642 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5642 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 171799609370 (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 3	39.7% Below average	Read 74.8 Write 63.5 Mixed 62.6 50% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 46%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 30.6 Write 29.6 Mixed 25.4 36% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.24 70% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 44%
Seagate Desktop 500GB 1,637 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 462GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 30.3 Mixed 25.5 37% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.48 82% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 21%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 171GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 24.5 Write 24.9 Mixed 9.35 24% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.27 60% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 32GB 4,876 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 29GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	9.39% Terrible	Read 17.6 Write 10.7 Mixed 12.7 16% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.43 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.28 97% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.39% Great: 14%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 749 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 28GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	8.53% Terrible	Read 19.6 Write 9.71 Mixed 15.1 18% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.67 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.66 65% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.53% Great: 34%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 22GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	9.46% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 7.88 Mixed 8.9 13% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.72 86% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.46% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV4GX3M1A133 Samsung M378B5173EB0- CMV4GX3M1A133 Samsung M378B5173EB0- 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.9% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.9 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 45%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
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	159x

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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