Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '17 at 19:42
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 84 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 133 59% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 304 34% 270 Pts	64-Core 304 19% 304 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	48.7% Average	Lighting 60 Reflection 53.9 Parallax 71 49% 61.6 fps	MRender 54 Gravity 48.9 Splatting 69.3 48% 57.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 60GB free Firmware: 604ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 72301479464746 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1131 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 180 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 46 51542622242 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 51542622242 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 17179869185 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9485 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3041 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3041 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4993	42% Average	Read 256 Write 114 Mixed 120 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 10.4 77% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 96.3 DQ Mixed 9.73 22% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 75%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 203GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8 (03) Spinup time 188 183 1583 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1915 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43764 (C2) HDA temperature 116 83 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	29.2% Poor	Read 56 Write 45.5 Mixed 35.3 34% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.35 83% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 32%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$33 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94646238 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 22960 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 232165000 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1147 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 38 38 62 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 622067748 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 35 94646238 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.9% Average	Read 105 Write 58.8 Mixed 57.1 55% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ XM1D3LF4GB268 KHX1866C10D3/ XM1D3LF4GB268 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 933, 667, 933, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.4% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 13.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 43%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	858x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

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	159x

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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