Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 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 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	97.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 09:37
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 142 60% 98.9 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 413 40% 332 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 85F5) 2GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.23 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Lighting 14.6 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 14.6 12% 13.8 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 16.1 Splatting 17.2 13% 15.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 125 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 26 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 74 68 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 756008841	97.5% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 376 Mixed 407 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 40.9 145% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 95.3 104% 177 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 134%
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB 6,787 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 907GB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 174072654 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 197895706 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 554 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131080 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 53 386727955 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 761 (C2) HDA temperature 19 47 30064771091 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 99 174072654 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8	84.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 141 Mixed 134 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.54 138% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 461GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 3102632 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1404 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4528974783 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1357 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 46 46 54 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 40 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 58 386662418 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13507 (C2) HDA temperature 18 42 21474836498 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13881334270811 (F1) Unknown 100 253 90048318119 (F2) Unknown 100 253 148771089458	91.3% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 160 Mixed 164 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.32 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 14.4 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 47%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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	62x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16