Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	50.6% 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	56.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '15 at 21:14
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 67.2 2-Core 136 46% 102 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 425 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 48% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Lighting 61.7 Reflection 56.5 Parallax 78.6 50% 65.6 fps	MRender 53 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 74.2 51% 60.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssd2sc24 0G1SA754D117-820 240GB 227 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: N053 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1305 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 43980 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 103 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28883 (A5) Unknown 100 100 88 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5047 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2473	56.5% Above average	Read 498 Write 294 Mixed 353 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 8.41 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 13.9 36% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 61.1 71% 123 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 716GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7528 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14992 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7323 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	78.4% Very good	Read 161 Write 113 Mixed 116 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.44 124% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 416GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5206 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5001 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	80% Very good	Read 166 Write 113 Mixed 133 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 76%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	61x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)