Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 60.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21% 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	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '17 at 22:13
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 64.2 2-Core 125 56% 90.6 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 297 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 298 18% 298 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	21% Poor	Lighting 24.7 Reflection 23.3 Parallax 30.1 20% 26 fps	MRender 32.3 Gravity 28.7 Splatting 24.5 23% 28.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ SOLID3 120GB 1,720 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 114 96606036 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -43361989786018 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 885 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 517 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 96606036 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 96606036 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 96606036 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37074 (EA) Unknown 0 0 30867 (F1) Unknown 0 0 30867 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26212	36.7% Below average	Read 192 Write 91.9 Mixed 105 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 8.87 76% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 20.2 DQ Write 67 DQ Mixed 7.83 16% 31.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 215GB free Firmware: MS2OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 77 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896764080 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1073 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11353 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11353 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 240518889521 (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	92.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 156 Mixed 146 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.14 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 99%
WDC WD32 00BEVT-22ZCT0 320GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 294GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 29.1 Write 22 Mixed 29.1 34% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.18 21% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.2% 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	953x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	150x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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