Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24% 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	69.7% 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '17 at 23:20
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$45 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)	66.3% Good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 76.6 2-Core 138 64% 102 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 233 31% 233 Pts	64-Core 233 14% 233 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.3% 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 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24% Poor	Lighting 18.9 Reflection 41 Parallax 57.7 15% 39.2 fps	MRender 56.2 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 41.4 40% 50.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 24% 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 (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1080 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 78 78 201 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179683 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 187 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2600	69.7% Good	Read 400 Write 422 Mixed 364 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 9.15 90% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 77.4 DQ Mixed 6.63 19% 39 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.7% 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 (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88079554 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1588 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81683438 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1468 (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 74 53 471466010 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 19 88079554 (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 -104835856717891 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1387918638 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2090822479	67.1% Good	Read 121 Write 112 Mixed 94.3 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.46 108% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.1% 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 146270851 (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 881256860 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 42947 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 262 (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 74 51 454688794 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 64424509466 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 24 146270851 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.7% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 90.7 Mixed 80.2 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.38 95% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.7% 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 (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100462411 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 212531108 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12774 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 544 (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 454688794 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 38654705690 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 32 100462411 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 172 338	54.1% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 96.1 Mixed 93.9 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 298GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157089232 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 253 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38502254 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (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 73 64 471531547 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77309411355 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 16 157089232 (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 70342974389135 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2271772149 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1241845420	65.3% Good	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 97 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.58 132% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.3% 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 18 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 51%

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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	952x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	863x
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	142x
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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16