Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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	96.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '16 at 22:24
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 65 2-Core 123 60% 94 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 376 37% 301 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 96% 132 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 8391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7151 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 194 194 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6245 (C2) HDA temperature 71 61 167504642077 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	79.8% Very good	Read 505 Write 396 Mixed 480 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 33.2 100% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 63.2 54% 75.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 487GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60122864 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1180 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8752399845 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1159 (B4) Unknown 100 100 529880063 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098500 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 673185824 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58645 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 51539607584 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.1% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 162 Mixed 159 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.38 120% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 411GB free Firmware: GH2OA420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 233 233 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 442 (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 90 90 4650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3801 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 176094707741 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	39.2% Below average	Read 89.9 Write 46.6 Mixed 74 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 541 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 51%

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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	943x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
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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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 $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