Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.3% 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	49.3% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 23:21
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 57.8 2-Core 111 52% 82.9 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 281 30% 237 Pts	64-Core 291 18% 291 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85C6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.3% Below average	Lighting 37.7 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 36.1 31% 34.3 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 36 Splatting 34.6 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 282GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 1,065 Write 533 Mixed 747 172% 782 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 37.2 122% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 67.8 67% 108 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 144%
Mushkin MKNSSDRE250GB-LT 250GB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0614D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^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 2731 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 43 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 11355 (A5) Unknown 100 100 52 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 113356 (F2) Unknown 100 100 63600 (F5) Unknown 100 100 181680	49.3% Average	Read 356 Write 259 Mixed 258 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 10.1 59% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 74.4 DQ Mixed 11.8 19% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 100%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2TB free Firmware: G009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 63 16767174 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 127 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 57 26106022962 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 62 43 941236813862 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 742 (C2) HDA temperature 38 57 94489280550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 8 16767174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 144 Mixed 84.5 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.55 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 86%
WD WD75 00AARS-00Y5B 750GB 3,011 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 231GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 87 (03) Spinup time 132 124 6391 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2754 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38862 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 343598 (C2) HDA temperature 119 91 28 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.6% Above average	Read 91.4 Write 92.1 Mixed 25 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 2x8GB 703 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.6% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 5.5 15% 5.27 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 53%

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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	939x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	853x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	394x

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	157x

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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