Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.1% 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	53.4% 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '17 at 05:27
Run Duration	187 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 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 60.5 2-Core 120 58% 90.6 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 277 32% 246 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Lighting 38.2 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 43.8 31% 38.3 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 32 Splatting 38.5 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Sol id State Disk 120GB 499 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9943066 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -22419729278018 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3313 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1911 (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 9943066 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9943066 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9943066 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7813 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6635 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6635 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8207	53.4% Above average	Read 314 Write 98.4 Mixed 158 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 15.5 100% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 33.7 51% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 72%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: MK7O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 91 (03) Spinup time 127 127 38686687722 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 663 (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 25954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 696 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 696 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 197568954399 (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	70.6% Very good	Read 120 Write 126 Mixed 146 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.39 123% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 82%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 140GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131186018 (03) Spinup time 93 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9856 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 218921656 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 21976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 853 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5305 (B8) Unknown 91 91 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131342 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1764 (BE) vendor-specific 57 43 78082211883 (C2) HDA temperature 43 57 38654705707 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 26 131186018 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 197	48.8% Average	Read 76.3 Write 93.8 Mixed 62.6 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.33 83% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 66%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 22GB free Firmware: GM4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 86 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 100 139 (03) Spinup time 116 100 25791562059 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7098 (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 96 96 28425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5866 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7168 (C2) HDA temperature 230 125 231928692762 (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	45.2% Average	Read 76.7 Write 80.7 Mixed 84.2 61% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.34 77% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.2% 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 @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 50%

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
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) $44	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