Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 02:59
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 130 61% 96.9 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 438 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 3030) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.08% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.69 Parallax 1.59 1% 1.54 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.29 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.08% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FM-25S2S-120GBP2 120GB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 102 24774910 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 2112 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -38517266668897 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1276 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 287 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 0 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 102 24774910 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 82 82 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9856 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11712 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11712 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29952	33.5% Below average	Read 185 Write 90.5 Mixed 119 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 10.6 55% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 27.6 40% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 55%
Seagate ST3750640SV 750GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 698GB free Firmware: 3.ACH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 138284104 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 399 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15741707 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 48 723320875 (C2) HDA temperature 43 52 77309411371 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 77 55 58349648 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.8% Average	Read 77.9 Write 74.8 Mixed 69.7 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.36 80% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 42%
Seagate ST3120213AS 120GB 709 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 112GB free Firmware: 3.AHH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 82 127077164 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1820 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14792625 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 56097 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1814 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 50 706478122 (C2) HDA temperature 42 50 73014444074 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 48 21750518 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.9% Below average	Read 55.1 Write 55.9 Mixed 54.9 42% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.42 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 33%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 31GB free Firmware: 4.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3707 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 770325872 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41541 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3654 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 51 689766441 (C2) HDA temperature 41 49 73014444073 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 93 72 129607358 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33.9% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 55.9 Mixed 47.8 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 42%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 621GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 30 Mixed 29.3 39% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.46 81% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-447.A 9905402-532.A 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 44%

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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	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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Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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