Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39.4% 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	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 05:21
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 80.9 1-Core 67.1 2-Core 119 56% 89.1 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 258 29% 226 Pts	64-Core 268 17% 268 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% XFX(1682 9385) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Lighting 50.1 Reflection 53.4 Parallax 61.4 41% 55 fps	MRender 51.6 Gravity 46.4 Splatting 38.7 36% 45.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^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 2556 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 34 (A3) Unknown 100 100 281 (94) Unknown 100 100 292378 (95) Unknown 100 100 4126 (96) Unknown 100 100 4015 (97) Unknown 100 100 4118 (A4) Unknown 100 100 90762 (A5) Unknown 100 100 104 (A6) Unknown 100 100 32 (A7) Unknown 100 100 70 (A9) Unknown 100 100 93 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 192 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44157266034720 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 465799 (F2) Unknown 100 100 396050 (F5) Unknown 100 100 536063 (F6) Unknown 100 100 584756 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	61.5% Good	Read 469 Write 241 Mixed 258 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 19 77% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 39.7 48% 85.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 533GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222487984 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1183 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47536754 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 660 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 655949856 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 21 21 158605 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 68719476768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116144505626004 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31634025182 (F2) Unknown 100 253 527961173653	81.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 131 Mixed 154 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 212GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 86 107768273 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8358 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 96213511 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2476 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 43 538968096 (C2) HDA temperature 32 57 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 49 102002738 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.9% Average	Read 71.4 Write 71.2 Mixed 67.1 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 199GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 77 77450880 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8790 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 265827099 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2303 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 522059807 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 46 75823111 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.1% Average	Read 68.5 Write 71.1 Mixed 70.2 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.7% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 7.5 23% 7.97 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 7.9 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 49%

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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	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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