Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23% 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	70.8% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 16:41
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 84.1 1-Core 60.1 2-Core 120 55% 88.1 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 276 30% 235 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% XFX(1682 9270) 2GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	23% Poor	Lighting 28.3 Reflection 26.3 Parallax 35.3 23% 29.9 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 25.2 Splatting 32.3 23% 27.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7510 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1016 (B1) Unknown 98 98 107 (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 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 156 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20341817124	70.8% Very good	Read 389 Write 383 Mixed 313 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 22.5 97% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 83.2 DQ Mixed 24.1 28% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 65GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1020 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 988 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 844 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 31 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 125 Mixed 96.5 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.36 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.23 127% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 109%
Samsung HM251HI 250GB-$50 910 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 18GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 93 91 2228 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1187 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14575 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 98 98 2736 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1223 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5063 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240519348254 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3766 (DF) Load/unload retry count 98 98 2736 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 567761	32.3% Below average	Read 46.9 Write 65.4 Mixed 33.9 36% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.28 72% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 3,795 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 9.8 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 32%

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	852x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	393x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	278x
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	139x
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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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