Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	62.9% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	4320 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 16:08
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 142 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 384 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 65.7 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 60.9 54% 65.2 fps	Gravity 55.5 Splatting 54.7 49% 55.1 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 70GB free Firmware: CS900106 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th 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 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8717 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 817 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 78 78 201 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6029434 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 329 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 37 (E7) Temperature 100 100 90 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6920	53.4% Above average	Read 256 Write 231 Mixed 242 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 9.38 80% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 16.3 47% 99.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 739 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 67 48 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1792918860	62.9% Good	Read 263 Write 196 Mixed 210 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 31.5 111% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 66.3 69% 114 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 459GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134766426 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1837 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43061588 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 901 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 85 85 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 38656023793 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 64 437714970 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 51539607578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 16 134766426 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 14909 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -86328842630940 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3284857850 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3732914392	69.8% Good	Read 121 Write 122 Mixed 103 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 448GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200565252 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3364 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82771728 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8664 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3235 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 55 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437714970 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 51539607578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 19 200565252 (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 75342316321285 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2744006525 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2598180408	76.4% Very good	Read 138 Write 128 Mixed 127 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4 Corsair CML8GX3M2A160 F3-12800CL9-4 Corsair CML8GX3M2A160 16GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 51%

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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	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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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