Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 09:36
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 62.1 2-Core 122 57% 90.6 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 288 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT 4,580 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gainward(10B0 0801) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.32% Terrible	Lighting 1.13 Reflection 2.31 Parallax 0.66 1% 1.37 fps	MRender 4.24 Gravity 1.03 Splatting 2.52 2% 2.6 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.32% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SS DSC2BW180A3H 180GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 138GB free Firmware: LCSi Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -8650064111565 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 799 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 278 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 278 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 449373 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 71 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 449373 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1125955 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13311	69.2% Good	Read 456 Write 142 Mixed 232 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 19.9 113% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 71.4 90% 161 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 76%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541A 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 95 95 12555894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -83846351540478 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6238 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 3756 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 70 1005026934812 (C2) HDA temperature 28 70 1005026934812 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12555894 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12555894 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12555894 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12877 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10945 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10945 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8018	38.8% Below average	Read 175 Write 81 Mixed 111 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 11 79% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 24 36% 69.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-16 2x4GB 368 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 14 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 49%

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Gaming 22%

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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	947x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	859x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	149x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	62x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $363

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16