Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.2% 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	42.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 06:37
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 133 61% 98.3 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 370 38% 305 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.2% Very poor	Lighting 19.3 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 24.5 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 22.7 Gravity 16 Splatting 23.1 17% 20.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2260 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (64) Unknown 100 100 1343568 (65) Unknown 100 100 143584 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 792 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 653 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 176094642214 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2450 (EA) Unknown 100 100 832 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1773 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1270 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	42.2% Average	Read 317 Write 189 Mixed 180 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 7.55 57% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 4.9 13% 26 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 93 131154600 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 382 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 2840 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 93977322 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4934 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 410 (BC) Unknown 100 78 983079 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 59 53 688980009 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26404 (C2) HDA temperature 41 47 30064771113 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 98 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -3745211478039 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26311005895 (F2) Unknown 100 253 395243999510	98.3% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 156 Mixed 149 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.14 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 883GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 98 218936112 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5625 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 29431028 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1057 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 217 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295557132 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 59 54 689111081 (C2) HDA temperature 41 46 25769803817 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 21 218936112 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 37 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 37 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 139857020072225 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3734467272 (F2) Unknown 100 253 829939358	62.4% Good	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.52 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GB 2,652 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	47% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.6 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 55%

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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	939x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	854x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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	157x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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