Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.5% 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	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121023
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 15:35
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 147 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 460 45% 370 Pts	64-Core 461 29% 461 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 45.4 30% 38.9 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 31.2 Splatting 38 28% 33 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4636 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1416 (B1) Unknown 96 96 37 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 32 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10914868857	73.7% Very good	Read 477 Write 332 Mixed 324 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 21.5 109% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 56 DQ Mixed 17.4 22% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 100 151202108 (03) Spinup time 94 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 876 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 1944 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7465602 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 488 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229832 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 46 521404446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4872 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 7 151202108 (C5) Current pending sector count 94 94 560 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 94 94 560 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -60571923771346 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1418491788 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4080372662	55.3% Above average	Read 106 Write 87 Mixed 89.4 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.14 40% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 75%
Maxtor 6V250F0 251GB 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 232GB free Firmware: VA111630 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 188 184 16797 (04) Start/Stop count 251 251 5765 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 249 235 59996 (09) Power-on hours count 196 196 19838 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 241 241 5120 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 588447778 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 253 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 822 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 9105 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 45 0	38.7% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 67.4 Mixed 67.1 50% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.28 108% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 39%
Samsung HD252HJ 250GB 8,167 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 137GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 2900 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4189 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 11189 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3526 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 59 353173525 (C2) HDA temperature 76 59 403505176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 86852 (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 99 65 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	51.8% Above average	Read 85.6 Write 94.6 Mixed 96.1 70% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $86Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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