Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	40.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.1% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '17 at 20:55
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$118 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 77 2-Core 141 65% 104 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 238 32% 238 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Nvidia(10DE 1033) 2GB CLim: 1359 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Lighting 49.2 Reflection 44.4 Parallax 57.6 40% 50.4 fps	MRender 57.5 Gravity 56.1 Splatting 41.5 41% 51.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900106 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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1078 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 413 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 78 78 201 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179683 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 186 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2593	73.1% Very good	Read 426 Write 428 Mixed 429 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 8.96 92% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 9.28 31% 64 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 342GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62850964 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1587 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81673572 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1467 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 24 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 454754331 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 19 62850964 (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 -48503065663559 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1383377089 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2157912620	70.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 118 Mixed 112 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.48 112% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 333GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142635941 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 61 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 881251906 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 42945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 261 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454688795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 24 142635941 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 90.5 Mixed 82.9 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.43 100% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 316GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96960789 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4052 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 212526411 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12772 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 85 17180131380 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 437911578 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 38654705690 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 32 96960789 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 172 338	54.5% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 96.3 Mixed 88.7 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.37 93% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 298GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146231363 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38490682 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 85 85 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 64 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 77309411356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 16 146231363 (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 9139690421131 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2267459771 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1004466920	64.8% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 103 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.65 134% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4 Corsair CML8GX3M2A160 F3-12800CL9-4 Corsair CML8GX3M2A160 16GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 14.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%

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Gaming 22%

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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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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