Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 10 '18 at 21:21
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (95^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 66.3 2-Core 133 58% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 382 39% 315 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6160) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 57.6 56% 63.9 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 62.1 Splatting 65.7 54% 66.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 896GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 171 1625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 780 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 763 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 602 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 34 (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	91.3% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 162 Mixed 119 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.25 109% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 466GB free Firmware: MS1OA7C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 100 71 (03) Spinup time 128 100 12896829617 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 127 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 100 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 26738688 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 455016479 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 147 (C2) HDA temperature 193 153 167504969759 (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 179 Write 179 Mixed 10.7 88% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.17 85% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158870048 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2517 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8671481270 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521797663 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 34 158870048 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 23029614646660 (F1) Unknown 100 253 952795837 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3143183005	74.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 128 Mixed 89.5 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.62 120% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 88%
Toshiba MK2546GSX 250GB-$38 1,044 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 210GB free Firmware: LB014C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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 7454 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7091 (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 73 73 11113 (0A) Spinup retry count 231 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3756 (B8) Unknown 76 76 24 (BB) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 26 572194850 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 242 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11272364 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 134236 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 317828104226 (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 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8380 (DE) Loaded hours 80 80 8087 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 356 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	30% Poor	Read 53.2 Write 51.1 Mixed 40.7 36% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.27 71% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 29%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 118GB free Firmware: 0001MBC1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74396792 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1335 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4302802810 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 84112639527374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 561 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555417633 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1526 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 60129542177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 -96078418409884 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6763708561 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7882502846 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	34.6% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 55.4 Mixed 63.4 46% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.19 52% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ Adata DDR3 1866 KHX1600C10D3/ Adata DDR3 1866 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.1% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 12.2 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 45%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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	855x
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	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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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