Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.7% 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	49.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	4320 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '17 at 00:35
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 60.8 1-Core 24.2 2-Core 76.1 34% 53.7 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 234 31% 235 Pts	64-Core 234 14% 234 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.6% 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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 43 Parallax 57.5 32% 46.5 fps	MRender 57 Gravity 54.9 Splatting 40.8 41% 50.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900106 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1154 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 78 78 201 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1245223 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 206 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2655	49.5% Average	Read 227 Write 352 Mixed 352 70% 310 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 7.84 62% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 38.7 DQ Mixed 7.99 12% 23.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.5% 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 (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204683780 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81736570 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1491 (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 437911578 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 19 204683780 (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 24880745556041 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1403588211 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2014971687	69.3% Good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 109 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.48 109% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 338GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108290843 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38778230 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (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 454754331 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77309411355 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 16 108290843 (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 98350456126495 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1925766755 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2181928940	68.3% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 111 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 322GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68273397 (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 881365605 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (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 437911578 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 64424509466 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 24 68273397 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.3% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 90.3 Mixed 78.1 65% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.49 107% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 310GB 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 148510211 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4131 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 212590186 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 567 (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 56 32 148510211 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 172 338	53.6% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 95.2 Mixed 59.9 61% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.43 99% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 60%

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 below expectations (29^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 8.1 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 51%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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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 $30Bench 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