Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130123
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 14:55
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 68.9 2-Core 127 59% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 210 28% 210 Pts	64-Core 211 13% 211 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Zotac(19DA 6324) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.28% Terrible	Lighting 5.07 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 4.91 4% 4.84 fps	MRender 6.43 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.22 5% 5.52 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.28% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD340 128GB-$88 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN216 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 65536 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 1 1 197575966727 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1111 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 10 10 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9744156160 (EA) Unknown 100 100 21775335232 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6125641368 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7063164635	53.1% Above average	Read 333 Write 159 Mixed 206 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 18.3 92% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 20.2 28% 48.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 295GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896895157 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3724 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8199 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3167 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3724 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3724 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 231929217059 (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 200 200 2	75.2% Very good	Read 142 Write 120 Mixed 82.9 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 301GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896567476 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2879 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2839 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2879 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2879 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 257698955296 (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 200 200 0	84.5% Excellent	Read 157 Write 138 Mixed 82.2 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown V01L3LF8GB528 1x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.3 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 31%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $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