Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.01% 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	42.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 8 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120814
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '17 at 16:55
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 68 2-Core 136 58% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 335 34% 278 Pts	64-Core 332 21% 332 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.01% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 11.8 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.4 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 13.1 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.01% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16485 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3075 (B1) Unknown 86 86 499 (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 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44676882080	42.6% Average	Read 302 Write 218 Mixed 192 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 27.5 4K Mixed 10.6 53% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.2 DQ Write 51.9 DQ Mixed 11 16% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th 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 34359738368 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (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 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 180390264865 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 177 Mixed 79.6 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.24 115% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 482GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34387919276 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1476 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1157 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1501 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1501 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 176094248993 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89.3% Excellent	Read 170 Write 142 Mixed 10.1 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 147GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 170 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7654 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3192 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7546 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.4% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 87.4 Mixed 41.7 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.3 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 74%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 31GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 28.1 Write 28.7 Mixed 15.5 30% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.46 58% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 15.7 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 50%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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