Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.7% 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	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 16:19
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 67.8 2-Core 136 62% 99.2 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 392 38% 310 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2678) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	28.7% Poor	Lighting 32.4 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 37.1 26% 33.7 fps	MRender 48.4 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 35.7 33% 41.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 700 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10551431 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 219 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 68 44 188979675168 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 163210592294 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 551 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1391 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1160 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2506 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.8% Above average	Read 357 Write 248 Mixed 222 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 10.3 75% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 61.3 DQ Mixed 9.77 17% 32.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 722GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 143626805 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 961373 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (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 69 65 521994271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 138 (C2) HDA temperature 31 19 81604378655 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 143626805 (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 -23265837842259 (F1) Unknown 100 253 592706116 (F2) Unknown 100 253 602334134	92.5% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 156 Mixed 159 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.27 102% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-198.A KHX1600C9D3/4 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 18 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 14.3 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 48%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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